- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 49961
- Description
- Rectangular white mottled marble tablet , the longer axis vertical , with the dedication incised and coloured black .The tablet is set within a frame , probably alabaster , with low relief carving of a foliate pattern in brown and black .At the top on the left the badge of the Scots Guards , on the right the badge of the Royal Fusiliers , both badges coloured gold and at centre the family escutcheon and motto in full colour.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM JOSEPH WICKHAM/ CAPTAIN SCOTS GUARDS BORN NOV/ 5TH 1874 KILLED IN ACTION AT/ BATTLE OF YPRES OCT 31ST 1914/ ELDEST SON OF CAPTAIN HENRY/ LAMPLUGH WICKHAM RIFLE BRIGADE/ & THE HON. TERESA MARY ARUNDELL/ COUNTESS OF THE HOLY ROMAN/ EMPIRE AND ELDEST DAUGHTER/ & CO-HEIRESS OF HENRY BENEDICT/ 11TH LORD ARUNDELL OF WARDOUR/ HE WAS A COUNT OF THE HOLY/ ROMAN EMPIRE & 10TH IN DIRECT/ MALE DESCENT FROM WILLIAM/ BISHOP OF WINCHESTER IN 1595/ ALSO OF/ CYRIL HENRY WICKHAM/ BROTHER TO THE ABOVE, CAPTAIN/ 1ST BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERS/ AND A COUNT OF THE HOLY/ ROMAN EMPIRE BORN MAY 25TH 1878/ DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT/ ARMENTIERES ON JAN. 15TH 1915/ ERECTED BY THEIR DEVOTED SISTER/ CECILY MARY GILLETT/ R.I.P.