Memorial

Leading Seaman W Gillett

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Current Location

St Gregory the Great Church, New Street, Marnhull, North Dorset, Dorset, DT10 1PZ, England

ST 78152 18717

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 26595
Description: Group of three wall mounted, wooden backboards each supporting four landscape oriented, engraved brass plaques. Lowest plaque on centre backboard pertains to Leading Seaman W. Gillett. Cross at upper left hand corner of plaque. A single-line border with squared corners, encloses the cross and inscription. Cross and first letters of principal words infilled with red paint, remaining text and border infilled with black paint.
Inscription: + / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / LEADING SEAMAN WILLIAM GILLETT / OF H.M.S. BLACK PRINCE, / WHO WENT DOWN IN THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND / JUNE 1ST 1916. / ALSO OF ABLE SEAMAN VICTOR ALLEN GILLETT / WHO WENT DOWN IN THE SUBMARINE K.5. / JAN. 20TH 1921. / "The sea shall give up her dead"

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, service, ship, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of names: Rank, forename, surname, service, ship, manner of death, place of death, date of death

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good