Memorial

Midshipman J Slingsby and G E Cadle

Memorial plaque

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Current Location

St Oswald's Church, Farnham Lane, Farnham, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG5 9JD, England

SE 34811 60584

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 29594
Description: WALL-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH BLACK MARBLE MOUNT. BLACK LETTERING. REPLICA RELIEF OF HMS FORMIDABLE WITH WHITE ENSIGN ABOVE.
Inscription: IN/ LOVING MEMORY / OF/ MIDSHIPMAN JOHN SLINGSBY/ BORN FEBRUARY 11TH 1898/ YOUNGEST SON OF THE/ REV. CHARLES AND SUSAN A. SLINGSBY./ HE LOST HIS LIFE ON H.M.S. FORMIDABLE IN THE/ WAR AGAINST GERMANY ON 1ST JANUARY 1915/ ALSO/ HIS GREAT FRIEND GEOFFREY ERNEST CADLE,/ BORN MARCH 17TH 1898./ THEY BOTH WENT THROUGH THE ROUGH SEA/ TOGETHER TO ANOTHER LAND/ REMEMBER O LORD THE SOUSD OF THE/ FAITHFUL DEPARTED./ "ALL THAT LIFE CONTAINS OF TORTURE, TOIL AND TREASON,/ SHAME, DISHONOUR, DEATH, TO THEM WERE BUT A NAME./ HERE AS BOYS THEY DWELT THROUGH ALL THE SINGING SEASON,/ AND ERE THE DAY OF SORROW DEPARTED AS THEY CAME."

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, service, place of death, forename, date of birth, relationships

Backboard

Height: 965MM

Width: 568MM

Depth: 55MM

Made from: Marble - Black

Condition: Unknown

Tablet

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Unknown