Memorial

Lieutenant Colonel R P Lewis

Mark Newton 28 September 2016

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 28 September 2016

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Current Location

St Augustines Church, Church Hill, West Monkton, Taunton Deane, Somerset, TA2 8QT, England

ST 2624328435

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Window
WMR Reference Number: 25167
Description: Stained glass window of two lights depicting the 12 year old Christ, with his parents, talking to the scribes inthe Temple. On the wall below the window is a rectangular tablet of light brown marble with carved border.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED BY BEQUEST OF RICHARD PERCY LEWIS/ IN MEMORY OF/ HIS MOTHER, SISTER, BROTHER/ RICHARD PERCY LEWIS, MAJOR 2ND DEVON RGT, LT COL 10TH MANCHESTER RGT,/ WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED AND DIED ON SEPT 7TH 1917 IN FLANDERS AGED 43./ HE SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1900 AND IN THE NAUDI EXPEDITION 1905 - 06/ AND WAS PRESENT AT THE LANDING AT GALLIPOLI 1915./ HIS BODY REST IN YPRES CEMETERY./ "THEY SHALL BE MINE, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, IN THAT DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY JEWELS"

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional

Window

Made from: Stained Glass

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Marble - Pink

Condition: Good