Memorial
Major F Swetenham
Current Location
St Marys Church, Peel Lane, Astbury, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 4RQ, England
OS Grid Reference
SJ 84619 61532
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 3429
- Description
- Wall-mounted stone tablet with veined marble mount. Incised black lettering. Relief above tablet of sword, sword-belt and feather
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN BELOVED/ MEMORY OF FOSTER SWETENHAM/ MAJOR IN THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS, SON OF/ EDMUND SWETENHAM OF CAM-YR-ALYN ROSSETT/ AND GERTRUDE HIS WIFE, GRANDSON OF/ CLEMENT SWETENHAM OF SOMERFORD BOOTHS./ HE SERVED WITH HIS REGIMENT THROUGHOUT/ THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1900-02 AND/ FELL IN ACTION NEAR ST. QUENTIN ON/ AUGUST THE 28TH 1914 IN HIS 39TH YEAR./ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
- Additional Information
- Beleived to be the first British Officer to be killed in WW1
- Maintenance History
Components
- Tablet
Height: C 1000 MM
Width: C 910 MM
Depth: C 120 MM
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good