Memorial

Lieutenant C F Ridge

2nd Lieutenant C F Ridge

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

St Dunstan's Church, St Dunstan's Street, Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8LR, England

OS Grid Reference

TR 14250 58310

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 40994
Description: Wall mounted, landscape oriented brown mottled marble backboard supporting a white marble tablet. An inset red, white and black edged border encloses the incised inscription area. Text infilled with black paint.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF / CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK RIDGE / LIEUTENANT ROYAL NAVY, / H.M.S. COCKCHAFER, / KILLED IN ACTION AT WANHSIEN, CHINA, / SEPTEMBER 5TH 1926, AGED 23 YEARS. / MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES. / “Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty.” / Isaiah XXXIII.17. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS & OTHER FRIENDS.

Commemoration

War: Wanhsien Incident (1926)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, service, ship, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death
Order of names: Forenames, surname, rank, service, ship, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death

History

Maker(s): Messrs Underwood and Son, Mason
M C Ashenden, FRIBA, Architect
Sponsor Type: private, public
Sponsored By: Parishioners and other friends

Ceremonies

Faculty Granted

25th April 1927

Unknown

Conservation

Components

Tablet

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Backboard

Height: 410mm

Width: 610mm

Depth: 60mm

Made from: Marble - Brown

Condition: Good