Memorial

Captain G. T. Garratt, M.B.E.

Source: Copyright Simon

1/1

Current Location

North wall, west end of Nave,, St. John the Evangelist Church, Main Road, corner of Enstone Road,, Little Tew, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, OX7 4JB, England

OS Grid Reference

SP 38444 28548

Denomination

Church of England

View location on Google Maps

Names listed on this memorial

Contribute to the War Memorials Register

Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.

Contribute now

This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.

To share information or photographs, contact us.

Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 31593
Description: Wall mounted, portrait orientated tablet incorporating a raised moulded border. Incised inscription infilled mainly in black paint with specific phrases in blue and other lettering in a (now fading) gold coloured paint. Coloured crest and banner scroll at upper left corner.
Inscription: IN PROUD MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN GEOFFREY / THEODORE GARRATT / INDIAN CIVIL SERVANT FARMER / HISTORIAN AND WAR CORRES- / PONDENT BORN AT LITTLE TEW / GRANGE 7 NOV 1888 : KILLED / ON DUTY AT PEMBROKE DOCK / 28 APRIL 1942 HE SERVED IN / THE INDIAN CAVALRY 1915 -18 / & IN THE PIONEER CORPS 1940 - 42 / HE WAS AWARED THE M.B.E. / FOR CONSPICOUS GALLANTRY / IN 1942 : A DEVOTED FRIEND / TO HUMANITY IN ENGLAND / INDIA SPAIN ETHOPIA AND / OTHER LANDS

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, occupations, manner of death, place of death, date of death, regiments, age at death, additional

Conservation

Components

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Further Information

Web-link to "They Gave Their Today", Little Tew. http://www.theygavetheirtoday.com/little-tew.html