Memorial

Brigadier General C B Prowse DSO and Captain C I Prowse RN

Mark Newton 22 September 2015

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 22 September 2015

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Current Location

St Mary Magdalene Church, Church Square, Taunton, Taunton Deane, Somerset, TA1 1SA, England

ST 22876 24615

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 46402
Description: Rectangular, wall mounted marble and stone tablet
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE DEAR AND HONOURED MEMORY OF/ BRIGR GENL C.B. PROWSE D.S.O./ SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY/ WHO SERVED THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899 - 1902/ AND IN THE GREAT WAR FROM 1914 - 1916. DURING THE RETREAT FROM MONS, LE CATEAU, THE AISNE, THE MARNE/ AND YPRES. HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR KING AND COUNTRY AT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME ON/ JULY 1ST 1916, AGED 47. IN THE SOUTH PORCH ADJOINING IS ERECTED THE WOODEN CROSS/ ORIGINALLY PUT OVER HIS GRAVE BY HIS COMRADES AT VAUCHELLES, FRANCE./ ALSO TO HIS ELDER BROTHER CAPT. C.I. PROWSE R.N./ OF H.M.S. QUEEN MARY WHO WENT DOWN WITH HIS SHIP/ AT THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND ON MAY 31ST 1916 AGED 49./ "UNTIL THE DAY DAWN"

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional,decorations

Tablet

Height: 330MM

Width: 880MM

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good