Memorial

D Angier And Major P A Angier

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St Mary's Church (Churches Conservation Trust), Ermin Street, Woodlands St Mary, Newbury, Berkshire, RG17 7SR, England

SU 33383 75018

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Type of Memorial: Garden
WMR Reference Number: 41401
Description: A garden with two associated engraved brass plaques, originally mounted on the garden wall but subsequently transferred inside the church.
Inscription: Plaque 1: THIS GARDEN MARKS THE SITE OF / THE FIRST CHURCH AND CHURCHYARD / OF ST. MARY IN THE WOODLANDS. / THE GARDEN WAS MADE IN PROUD / AND LOVING MEMORY OF / DAVID ANGIER / (ROYAL AIR FORCE) / WHO LEFT THE ADJACENT HOUSE, / HIS HOME, ON 12TH.. FEBRUARY 1945. / AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION / IN GERMANY TWO DAYS LATER. / IN HIS 21ST. YEAR. // Plaque 2: LINKED WITH DAVID IN LOVING MEMORY / THIS GARDEN ALSO COMMEMORATES HIS ELDER BROTHER / PATRICK ARTHUR ANGIER / MAJOR, 1ST BATTALION THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT / Born 24TH October 1920. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS REGIMENT AT THE BATTLE OF / IMJIN RIVER IN KOREA ON ST GEORGE'S DAY 1951. / "TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED / YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED, / ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR, ALL YOU HAD YOU GAVE, / TO SAVE MANKIND - YOURSELVES YOU SCORNED TO SAVE / SPLENDID YOU PASSED, THE GREAT SURRENDER MADE / INTO THE LIGHT NEVERMORE SHALL FADE"

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forename, surname, service, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death, additional
Order of names: Forename, surname, service, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death, additional

War: Korean War (1950-1953)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Relationships, forenames, surname, rank, regiment, date of birth, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of names: Relationships, forenames, surname, rank, regiment, date of birth, manner of death, place of death, date of death

Maintenance History: Date unknown: The plaques were originally placed on the wall of the garden in front of the Old Vicarage, but were removed and placed inside the church when the house was sold.

Plaques

Made from: Brass

Condition: At Risk