Memorial

Surgeon Probationer A M Horsey

Source: Copyright Peter Alhadeff

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Current Location

St John the Baptist Chuch, Ware Road, Widford, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, SG12 8RL, England

TL 41324 15799

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 28787
Description: Wall mounted, landscape oriented marble tablet enclosed by a moulded marble frame. Inscription incised and infilled with black paint.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ARTHUR MATHER HORSEY, SURGEON PROBR, R.N.V.R. / OF CAIUS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, / ONLY SON OF / GEORGE MATHER HORSEY, AND SARAH JANE HIS WIFE. / HE WENT DOWN IN H.M.S. RECRUIT IN THE NORTH SEA / ON AUGUST 9TH 1917, AGED 23. / "OH TRUE BRAVE HEART, GOD BLESS THEE, WHERESO'ER / IN GOD'S WIDE UNIVERSE THOU ART TODAY."

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, unit, relationships, manner of death, ship, place of death, date of death, age at death
Order of names: Forenames, surname, rank, unit, relationships, manner of death, ship, place of death, date of death, age at death

Tablet

Height: 460 mm

Width: 910 mm

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Frame

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good