Memorial

Private F S Winson

Plaque

Source: Copyright Mark Newton

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Current Location

St Michael and All Angels Church, Church Walk, Great Torrington, Torridge, Devon, EX38 8BN, England

SS 49504 19199

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 25913
Description: Rectangular plaque attached in each corner to black wooden backboard. Badge of machine gun corps etched into top centre of plaque. Text inscribed in black.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND / IN MEMORY OF / PTE FREDERICK STANLEY WINSON / MACHINE GUN CORPS / AGED 25 YEARS / WHO LOST HIS LIFE 18TH JUNE 1918 / IN MESOPOTAMIA DURING THE / GREAT WAR / "SPLENDID YOU PASSED, THE GREAT SURRENDER MADE / INTO THE LIGHT WHICH NEVERMORE SHALL FADE" / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS PARENTS

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, regiment, age of death, date of death, place of death

Backboard

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good