Memorial

Captain M Crawshay

Mark Newton 18 July 2016

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 18 July 2016

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Current Location

ALL SAINTS ROYAL GARRISON CHURCH, Farnborough Rd, Aldershot, Rushmoor, Hampshire, GU11 1QA, England

SU 85326 51036

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 50033
Description: PLAIN RECTANGULAR WHITE MARBLE INSCRIPTION TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A GREEN MARBLE BACKBOARD. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. REGIMENTAL BADGE CARVED IN RELIEF AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE TABLET
Inscription: IN/ PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ MERVYN CRAWSHAW,/ CAPTAIN 5TH DRAGOON GUARDS/ 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION/ BORN 4TH MAY 1881/ KILLED 31ST OCTOBER 1914/ AT WYSCHEATE NEAR YPRES./ SON OF/ TUDOR AND MARIE A. H. CRAWSHAY,/ OF DIMLANDS, LLANTWIT MAJOR./ HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships

Backboard

Made from: Marble - Green

Condition: Good

Tablet

Height: 860MM

Width: 530MM

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good