Memorial

Second Lieutenant J H Seabrook

Stone tablet on the external wall to the right of the main doorway of the Church of St Andrew Boreham Essex

Source: Copyright Clive Farmer

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Current Location

ON THE WEST FACING WALL ABOVE A FAMILY VAULT, ST ANDREWS CHURCH, 16, Church Road, Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 3BW, England

TL 75616 09616

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 45548
Description: STONE TABLET SURMOUNTED BY TRIANGULAR PEDIMENT. INCISED INSCRIPTION FLANKED BY SCROLL DESIGN CARVED IN RELIEF
Inscription: PRO PATRIA MORI/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ JAMES HERBERT SEABROOK./ 2ND LIEUT. 5TH SIGNAL TROOP R.E. 5TH CAV. BRIGADE, KILLED IN ACTION AT/ THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE IN THE GREAT WAR, ON SEP. 10TH 1914/ AGED 30 YEARS./ HIS BODY RESTS IN THE CHURCHYARD OF THE VILLAGE OF GANDELU,/ PROVINCE OF AISNE, FRANCE./ HE WAS THE DEARLY LOVED YOUNGEST SON OF/ WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH SEABROOK OF THE BUNGALOW SPRINGFIELD,/ AND GRANDSON OF THE LATE WILLIAM AND PHOEBE SEABROOK/ OF BRENT HALL IN THIS PARISH,/ THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: given names , surname ,rank , unit , place of death , date of death , age at death

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good