Memorial

2nd Lieutenant R P Pinsent, Lieutenant C S Ward and D H Pinsent

Richard Pinsent - David Pinsent - Charles Ward

Source: Copyright Mike Varnom

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Current Location

St. Peter's Church, Wootton Village, Wootton, Vale Of White Horse, Oxfordshire, OX1 5HP, England

SP 47624 01384

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 31913
Description: Set of three wall mounted, landscape orientated brass plaques in a vertical row.
Inscription: (Plaque 1) : IN MEMORY OF / RICHARD PARKER PINSENT / 2ND LIEUT. 10TH ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGT. / WHO WAS KILLED IN THE TRENCHES IN FRANCE / ON 9TH OCTOBER 1915 / AGED 21 / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF HIS COMPANY (Plaque 2) : ALSO OF HIS FRIEND / LIEUT. CHARLES SANDFORD WARD / OF THE SAME REGIMENT / KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE / ON JANUARY 8TH 1916 / AGED 22 / GREAT HEARTS ARE GLAD WHEN IT IS TIME TO GIVE (Plaque 3) : ALSO OF HIS BROTHER / DAVID HUME PINSENT / ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT FARNBOROUGH / KILLED WHILE FLYING FOR THE PURPOSE OF / RESEARCH INTO AERODYNAMICS / MAY 8TH 1918 - AGED 26 / NEC PROPTER VITAM VIVENDI PERDERE CAUSAS

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: Forename, surname, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death, relationships, occupation, additional

Plaques

Height: 3ft 3ins

Width: 1ft 9ins

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good