Memorial

Commander G Gipps

Memorial plaque with inscription

Source: Copyright richard Alderton

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Current Location

St Peter's Church, Adisham Road, Bekesbourne, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 5ET, England

TR 19510 55470

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 61954
Description: White rectangular marble tablet on a grey flecked marble backboard. Lettering incised in black.
Inscription: IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ COMMANDER GEORGE GIPPS/ ROYAL NAVY/ (THE SON OF GEORGE BOWDLER GIPPS ESQUIRE J.P/ UNTIL LATELY OF HOWLETTS IN THIS PARISH)/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON BOARD H.M.S. GRAFTON/ IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN/ ON THE 3RD JANUARY 1916/ IN THE 34th YEAR OF HIS AGE/ THIS STONE HAS BEEN PLACED HERE/ BY HIS LOVING SISTERS/ EDITH WEIR AND MAUD HILL

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, service, age, place of death, forename, manner of death, relationships, home address

Tablet

Height: 470mm

Width: 780mm

Depth: 20mm

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Backboard

Height: 630mm

Width: 940mm

Depth: 24mm

Condition: Good