Memorial

Boughey Family

Boughey Family tablet

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Current Location

All Saints Church, Meretown Lane, Forton, Stafford, Staffordshire, England

SJ 75522 21190

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 27423
Description: WHITE MARBLE PLAQUE WITH BROWN MARBLE SURROUND. LETTERS INCISED AND COLOURED. COAT OF ARMS IN TOP LEFT CORNER OF PLAQUE WITH MOTTO "NEC QUAERERE NEC SPERNERE HONOUREM
Inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF/ ALFRED FLETCHER COPLESTONE-BOUGHEY/ COMDR. R.N. WHO WENT DOWN IN H.M.S. DEFENCE/ IN THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, MAY 31ST 1916. AGED 33 YEARS./ ALSO/ JOHN FLETCHER BOUGHEY/ PRIVATE, QUEENS ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT./ REPORTED MISSING NEAR YPRES, OCTOBER 4TH 1917. AGED 35 YEARS./ ALSO ANCHITEL EDWARD FLETCHER BOUGHEY/ LIEUT. THE RIFLE BRIGADE. DROWNED IN THE SINKING OF/ THE S.S LEINSTER OFF THE COAST OF IRELAND/ OCTOBER 10TH 1918. AGED 26 YEARS.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death

Plaque

Height: 61 CMS

Width: 107 CMS

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good