Memorial

Private E A Davison and Captain J L Butler

Pte E A Davison and Capt J L Butler

Source: Copyright Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project

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Current Location

St Anne's Church, Newcastle Avenue, Worksop, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, S80 1NJ, England

SK 57882 78782

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 27158
Description: RECTANGULAR WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH INSCRIPTION IN INCISED BLACK LETTERING. MOULDED BORDER
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND /IN MEMORY OF /ERNEST ALFRED DAVISON/ PRIVATE, PRINCESS PATRICIAS CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY/ S. AFRICA 1900 - 1901/ FRANCE 1914 - 1916/ KILLED BY A SHELL AT COURCELETTE, FRANCE, SEP 15TH 1916./ AGED 41 YEARS./ ALSO OF/ JOHN LESLIE BUTLER M.C./ CAPTAIN, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY/ EGYPT - GALLIPOLI - MESOPOTAIMIA [sic], 1914 - 1919./ DIED OF WOUNDS AT PESHAWAR, INDIA MAY 17TH 1919./ AGED 28 YEARS./ NEPHEWS OF SIR JOHN ROBINSON OF WORKSOP MANOR.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, manner of death, age, relationships, decorations

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 1
Served: 1
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, manner of death, age, relationships

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good