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    Memorial

    Captain R Head

    Reginald Head

    Source: Copyright JBE Hale

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    Current Location

    South wall of chancel, behind choir stalls, Hexham Abbey, Beaumont Street, Hexham, Tynedale, Northumberland, NE46 3NB, England

    OS Grid Reference

    NY 93547 64106

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    34079
    Description
    Tablet with dome at centre top. The central panel is white marble, with a red marble fluted border. At the top is a laurel wreath in which is a black cross. The letters are in black Roman capitals.
    Inscription
    TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN EVER LOVING/ MEMORY OF/ JOHN OSWALD HEAD: HACKWOOD,/ WHO DIED JULY 28TH 1914. AGED 85 YEARS./ ALSO OF HIS SON/ REGINALD HEAD, CAPTAIN,/ 1ST BORDER REGIMENT,/ WHO WAS KILLED AT GALLIPOLI ON APRIL 18 1915/ AGED 30 YEARS./ ERECTED BY DOROTHY HEAD.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname, rank, date of death, regiment, place of death, forename, manner of death, age of death, relationships
    Sponsor Type
    private
    Maintenance History
    Unknown

    Ceremonies

    Faculty Granted

    12th March 1918

    Custodian
    Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle

    Components

    Memorial

    Height: 520MM

    Width: 760MM

    Depth: 70mm


    Made from: Marble - Red


    Condition: Good


    Plaque

    Made from: Marble


    Condition: Good


    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    215150

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    • http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7597
    • Hexham Parish Magazine June 1915 Page 6
    • Newcastle Journal 18/12/1917 reports proposed memorial. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
    • Alan Grint has researched the names on the Hexham memorials in his book The Faith and Fire Within, 2006, Ergo Press ISBN 0955275814