Memorial

Lieutenant John Kipling

Burwash Kipling

Source: Copyright 19/11/2019

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Current Location

St Bartholomew's Church, High Street A265, Burwash, Rother, East Sussex, TN19 7EH, England

TQ 67710 24740

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 58393
Description: An oval bronze plaque with a representation of laurel wreath surround and a badge of the regiment at the top.
Inscription: Plaque: TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ JOHN KIPLING/ LIEUTENANT SECOND BATTALION/ IRISH GUARDS. THE SON OF/ RUDYARD AND CAROLINE KIPLING/ OF BATEMAN'S WHO FELL AT/ THE BATTLE OF LOOS/ THE 27th OF SEPTEMBER 1915/ AGED/ EIGHTEEN YEARS AND SIX WEEKS/ QUI ANTE DIEM/ PERIIT. (Translation: He departed before daybreak) Framed notice under plaque: This plaque, in memory of John, only son of Rudyard and Caroline Kipling, who aged eighteen years and six months (sic) gave his life for his country in 1915, is the first commissioned work of Charles Wheeler, later president of the Royal Academy of Arts London from 1956 till his retirement in 1966.

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

Plaque

Height: 760mm

Width: 460mm

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good