Memorial

Lieutenant Commander E C Cookson VC

The memorial plaque to Lt Cmd E C Cookson VC on the South wall of the nave of the church of St Candida and Holy Cross Whitchurch Canonicorum

Source: Copyright Clive Farmer

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Current Location

ST CANDIDAS AND HOLY CROSS CHURCH, Whitchurch Canonicorum, West Dorset, Dorset, DT6 6RF, England

SY 39684 95443

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 26770
Description: PORTLAND STONE TABLET WITH CARVED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EDGAR CHRISTOPHER COOKSON VC, DSO, RN/ OF HMS CLIO,/ KILLED IN ACTION SEPTEMBER 28 1915 AGED 31./ HE WAS SHOT DOWN WHILE ENDEAVOURING SINGLE-HANDED/ TO DESTROY WITH AN AXE THE BOOM PLACED BY THE ENEMY/ ACROSS THE RIVER TIGRIS NEAR KUT-EL-AMARA./ FOR THIS ACT OF MOST CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY/ HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V CONFERRED ON HIM/ THE VICTORIA CROSS./ FROM HIS CHILDHOOD HE KNEW AND LOVED THIS CHURCH:/ IT IS FITTING THEN THAT HIS NAME SHOULD BE COMMEMORATED/ ON THESE WALLS. 'THIS IS THE HAPPY WARRIOR. THIS IS HE/ THAT EVER MAN IN ARMS SHOULD WISH TO BE'

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

Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank , given name , surname ,awards ,branch of service ,unit,manner of death , date of death ,age at death

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good