Memorial

Captain G H R Mellers

Capt G H R Mellers

Source: Copyright Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project

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Current Location

St Andrew's Church, Mansfield Road (A60), Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG3 5AD, England

SK 57034 41198

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
WMR Reference Number: 27382
Description: ROOD SCREEN WITH DEDICATORY MARBLE TABLET. REGIMENTAL CREST AT THE TOP OF THE TABLET
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF/ GEORGE HENRY REGINALD MELLERS/ B.A. OXON, A CAPTAIN IN THE 7TH (ROBIN HOOD) BATTALION/ SHERWOOD FORESTERS/ (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT)/ THE ONLY CHILD OF HIS PARENTS/ WHO FELL IN FLANDERS/ WHILST GALLANTLY LEADING HIS MEN/ IN THE ASSAULT ON THE HOHENZOLLERN REDOUBT/ ON THE 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1915/ AGED 29 YEARS / THE ROOD SCREEN WHICH ADORNS THIS CHURCH/ WAS ERECTED BY HIS SORROWING PARENTS/ A.D. 1918 (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)

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

Tablet

Height: 850mm

Width: 650mm

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Screen

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good