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    Memorial

    Surgeon K M Dyott

    Source: Copyright Richard Pursehouse

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    Current Location

    On the north wall of the Dyottt Chapel, within the Church, The Hub at St Mary (former St Mary's Parish Church), Market Street, Lichfield, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6LG, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SK 11761 09567

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    61482
    Description
    Rectangular marble tablet, with a small incised cross at top-centre, beneath which is the dedicatory inscription, in incised red lettering.
    Inscription
    TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF/ KENELM MITCHILL DYOTT, SURG. R.N./ HE WENT DOWN WITH/ H.M.S. STEPHEN FURNESS WHEN IT WAS/ TORPEDOED IN THE IRISH SEA/ DURING THE GREAT WAR,/ DECEMBER 13th 1917./ "IN THAT DAY THE SEA SHALL GIVE UP/ THE DEAD WHICH ARE IN IT" Rev:XX.13.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Forename, surname, rank, military unit, manner/ place/ date of death
    Maintenance History
    5/2/1952: St Mary Church was Grade II* Listed (List Entry number 1292270).

    Components

    Tablet

    Height: c400mm

    Width: c600mm

    Depth: c20mm


    Made from: Marble


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II*

    List Entry: 1292270

    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    218531

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    • Lichfield Mercury - Friday 26 January 1917 (page 4) reported: 'Two notable Staffordshire families were united for a third time by the wedding at Chatham of Mr. Kenelm Dyott, R.N., grandson of the late General Dyott, of Freeford, Lichfield. and Miss Fanny Desiree Howard Paget, daughter of Mr. Howard Paget, of Elford Hall, Tamworth. Mr. Howard Paget is paternally of Lord Anglesey's family. Mrs. Kenelm Dyott's eldest brother. Mr. Francis Howard Paget, married in 1909 her husband's younger sister; and just three years previously her own elder sister became the wife of Mr. Richard Archibald Dyott, of Freeford, eldest brother of the bridegroom of the other day. The Dyotts, who have been settled in Staffordshire since Elizabeth's reign, are a famous military family. They were staunch Royalists. Sir Richard Dyott, Steward of Lichfield, was in the Council of Charles I., held At York. His son was captain of the Lichfield Volunteers, and fought at Edge Hill, afterwards accompanying the Royal family to Holland'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000379/19170126/021/0004
    • Staffordshire Advertiser - Saturday 29 December 1917 (page 5) reported: 'KILLED IN ACTION DYOTT.—Killed In action, on Dec. 13, 1917, Surg. KENELM MITCHILL DYOTT, B.A., R.N., youngest son of the late Geo. R. Dyott and of Mrs. Dyott, of Freeford, Lichfield. Derby, and grandson of Lieut.-Gen. Dyott'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000252/19171229/102/0005
    • https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?141286
    • https://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/5775.html
    • https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/m6584/
    • https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1292270?section=official-list-entry
    • https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/218531/