Memorial

Leonard Hale White

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Current Location

Plaque is located on the north wall, ST MARY'S CHURCH, Luton Drove, Tarrant Rushton, North Dorset, Dorset, DT11 8RZ, England

ST 93745 06062

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 26739
Description: Bronze plaque with a scrolled rope border and a small anchor etched top left and top right corners
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ LEIUTENANT LEONARD HALE WHITE R.N./ SECOND SON OF WILLIAM HALE WHITE M.D./ AND OF JANE HIS WIFE. BORN IN LONDON/ JANUARY 7TH 1890. WOUNDED IN ACTION ON/ H.M.S. TIGER JANUARY 24TH 1915. KILLED/ IN H.M.S. NATAL, DECEMBER 30TH 1915/ NON EST MORTALE QUO OPTO. (HMS Tiger was engaged in the battle of the Dogger Bank & HMS Natal exploded in the Cromarty Firth)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, date died, regiment, forenames, surname, place of birth, manner of death, age at death, relationships

Plaque

Height: 300mm

Width: 600mm

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good