Memorial

Cottrell-Dormer Family

Source: Peter Alhadeff

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Current Location

On north wall of Nave. (Church is in the grounds of Rousham House and access may be restricted),, St. Leonard and St. James' Church, Rousham House Drive, Rousham, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, OX25 4QX, England

OS Grid Reference

SP 47993 24171

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 31641
Description: Wall mounted, nowy-headed, dark coloured marble backboard supporting an ornately framed set of three portrait orientated, incised tablets with each tablet flanked by a column which, in turn, supports a rectangular pediment. Inscriptions and names infilled with black enamel paint. Coloured family Coat of Arms at top centre of memorial with a foliate design carved beneath. Garlands at either side of base, roundels on frieze above tablets, with badges, left to right, of Scots Guards, Coldstream Guards and Royal Navy.
Inscription: Left tablet: TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND IN/ EVERLASTING/ REMEMBRANCE/ OF LT CLEMENT/ COTTRELL-/ DORMER/ SCOTS GUARDS/ WHO WAS KILLED/ IN ACTION AT/ KRUSIECK NEAR/ YPRES ON THE/ 26 OCTOBER 1914/ AGED 23/ Centre tablet: TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND IN/ EVERLASTING/ REMEMBRANCE/ OF LT CHARLES/ MELVILLE COTT-/ RELL-DORMER/ D.S.O. COLDSTREAM/ GDS WHO DIED/ AT BETHUNE OF/ WOUNDS RECEIVED/ IN ACTION NEAR/ LA BASSEE/ ON 8 FEB 1915/ AGED 22./ Right tablet: TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND IN/ EVERLASTING/ REMEMBRANCE/ OF LIEUT. COMDR/ HUMPHREY RAN-/ DLE COTTRELL-/ DORMER R.N./ WHO WAS LOST/ WITH ALL HANDS/ BY THE BLOWING/ UP OF THE H.M.S./ PRINCESS IRENE/ ON 27 MAY 1915/ AGED 34/ Base :THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, manner of death, place of death, age at death, decorations
Order of names: Year died

Conservation

Components

Backboard

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Frame

Made from: Marble - Red

Condition: Good

Tablets

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good