Memorial

E W Tennant

A general view of the memorial to E W Tennant Salisbury Cathedral Wiltshire

Source: Copyright Clive Farmer

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Current Location

Salisbury Cathedral, North Walk, Salisbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2EJ, England

SU 14260 29517

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 24033
Description: Light grey marble tablet surmounted by shelf and semi-circular pediment with a crest set within it and protruding above the top. Below the shelf is a small tablet and below this is a low relief bust of Tennant. At the foot of the portrait is the main inscription. The lettering incised and coloured black. At the base of the tablet is a laurel wreath in relief.
Inscription: "WHEN THINGS WERE AT THEIR WORST/ HE WOULD GO UP AND DOWN IN THE/ TRENCHES CHEERING THE MEN, WHEN/ DANGER WAS GREATEST HIS SMILE WAS/ LOVELIEST"/ IN PROUD AND UNFADING MEMORY OF/ EDWARD WYNDHAM TENNANT/ 4TH BATT. GRENADIER GUARDS, ELDEST SON OF LORD AND LADY/ GLENCONNER, WHO PASSED TO THE FULLER LIFE IN THE BATTLE OF/ THE SOMME 22ND SEPTEMBER 1916 AGED 19 YEARS./ HE GAVE HIS EARTHLY LIFE TO SUCH MATTER AS HE SET GREAT/ STORE BY: THE HONOUR OF HIS COUNTRY AND HIS HOME.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Given names , surname , unit, family relationships , place of death , date of death ,

Tablet

Height: 1800MM

Width: 840MM

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Unidentified Publication p.77 Photograph of memorial and identification of sculptor.