Memorial

Lt A W Blaker RN

Tablet

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

1/2

Current Location

In a fenced area at the external south-west corner of the church, St Nicolas' Church, Manor Road, Portslade, Hove, East Sussex, BN41 2LF, England

TQ 25550 06350

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 56395
Description: White stone tablet with carved ogee edge. The memorial is among several for members of the Blaker family in the external corner of the church between the west end of the church and the south porch. This corner is the family plot with tablets on the church walls.
Inscription: ALSO OF/ LIEUT. ARTHUR WILFRED BLAKER, R.N./ H.M.S. INFLEXIBLE,/ ELDER SON OF/ ARTHUR BECKETT AND ELIZABETH JANE BLAKER,/ KILLED IN ACTION AT THE DARDANELLES,/ MARCH 18th 1915,/ AGED 26 YEARS./ HE WAS BURIED AT SEA.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, forenames, surname, service, ship, relationship, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death, place of burial,

Tablet

Height: 510mm

Width: 730mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Lettering

Made from: Lead

Condition: Good