Memorial

Lt E S Wise And Lt S Wise

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Current Location

ST PETERS CHURCH, Church Street, Old Woking, Woking, Surrey, GU22 9JF, England

TQ 02085 56842

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 23630
Description: BRONZE PLAQUE WITH MARBLE FRAME CRESTS OF HMS CRESSY AND HMS SEVERN ABOVE APPROPRIATE NAME. RELIEF FIGURE IN THE CENTRE, ARMED AND ARMOURED, POSSIBLY ST GEORGE WITH SWORD AND SHIELD
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ (LEFT)/ LIEUT EDWARD/ SELBY WISE R.N./ HMS SEVERN/ KILLED IN ACTION NEAR/ NIEUPORT 20TH OCT 1914/ WHILST GALLANTLY/ LEADING HIS MEN/ WHO HAD BEEN LANDED/ UNDER HIS COMAND/ FROM THE MONITORS TO/ ASSIST THE BELGIAN FORCES/ AGED 27 (RIGHT)/ LIEUTENANT/ STACEY WISE R.N./ HMS CRESSY/ LOST WITH HIS SHIP/ IN THE NORTH SEA/ 22ND SEPTEMBER 1914/ AGED 22/ SO FAR FROM THE HEARTH, THE CHILDREN FLEE/ BY THAT ALMIGHTY HAND/ AUSTERELY: SO ONE BY SEA/ GOES FORTH, AND ONE BY LAND:/ NOR AUGHT OF ALL MAN'S SONS/ ESCAPES FROM THAT COMMAND

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional

Frame

Height: 610MM

Width: 914MM

Made from: Marble - Black

Condition: Good

Plaque

Height: 406MM

Width: 813MM

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good