Memorial

Captain C F Sowerby and Colonel M E Sowerby CMG DSO

Transcript of Sowerby family memorial.

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Current Location

All Saints Church, Village Main Street, Manfield, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, DL2 2RF, England

NZ 22268 13374

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Unidentified
WMR Reference Number: 30320
Description: Sowerby family memorial.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF THOMAS CHARLES JOHNSON SOWERBY AUG. 7TH 1838 - NOV 15TH 1890 AND OF HIS WIFE JULIANA CECILIA, DAUGHTER OF RICHARD BASSETT WILSON OF CLIFFE HALL SEPT. 11TH 1840 - NOV 15TH 1898. ALSO THEIR SON, CHARLES FITZGERALD SOWERBY, R.N. CAPT "H.M.S. INDEFATIGABLE", SERVED DURING THE EUROPEAN WAR IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND WITH THE GREAT FLEET, KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND MAY 31ST 1916 AGED 50. MAURICE EDEN SOWERBY CMG, D.S.O. COLONEL R.E. UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION IN EGYPT AND PALESTINE. DIED IN CAIRO JAN 28TH 1920 AGED 46. GERALD SOWERBY, COMMANDER R.N. DIED AT DEVONPORT WHILE IN COMMAND OF THE R.N. SIGNAL SCHOOL, NOV 5TH 1913 AGED 35 (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships

Memorial

Made from: Unknown

Condition: Unknown