Memorial

Snead Cox Family

Snead-Fox Family

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Current Location

St. Ethelbert's Church, 86, Bargates, Leominster, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8QS, England

SO 49004 59056

Roman Catholic

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 32910
Description: Tablet 1: Wall and corbel mounted, nowy-headed, mould-edged tablet with raised crossed swords at top centre. Incised inscriptions infilled with blue and red paints. // Tablet 2: Associated wall mounted, landscape oriented, mould-edged tablet with a raised three-masted ship at the top left corner. Incised inscription infilled with black paint.
Inscription: Tablet 1: + / In loving memory of / Lieutenant RICHARD MARY / SNEAD-COX, ROYAL SCOTS, Killed / in action near Neuve Chapelle on / October 28th. 1914. Aged 21, and / Lieutenant GEOFFREY PHILIP / JOSEPH SNEAD-COX, Royal / Welch Fusiliers, Killed in action near / Ypres on October 21st, 1914, Aged 19, / elder sons of John Snead-Cox, / Lord of the Manor of Broxwood, & / Mary his wife. May they rest in peace. / GREATER LOVE THAN THIS HATH NO MAN // Tablet 2: AND / IN MEMORY OF / THEIR THIRD SON / HERBERT ARTHUR SNEAD-COX. R.N. / MIDSHIPMAN H.M.S. INDEFATIGABLE / KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND / MAY 31. 1916 AGED 16 / BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART / FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD +

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment/unit, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death, relationships
Order of names: Age at death

Tablets

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Historic England

Church designed by Peter Paul Pugin in 1888. Entry No:1393339

Tablet

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good