Memorial

Wessex Field Ambulance - WW1

Plaque

Source: Sue Connell

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Current Location

West wall,, Exeter Cathedral, 1, The Cloisters, off Cathedral Yard, Exeter, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1HS, England

SX 92090 92553

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 62866
Description: Wall mounted, portrait aligned, nowy-headed plaque with relief at top centre of four soldiers including one wounded soldier and stretcher. Badge in relief with named battle grounds, to either side of the soldiers. Names in three columns with raised lettering.
Inscription: Top left corner : { NEUVE CHAPPELLE / LA SOMME / YPRES / ST. AMAND } || Top right corner : { ARRAS / YPRES / LA SOMME / GIVENCHY } / Central area : 1914 - 1919 / Left and centre columns : { 24th. (1-1st. WESSEX) / FIELD AMBULANCE / (37 NAMES in two columns) } || Right column ; { 2-1st. (WESSEX) / FIELD AMBULANCE / (22 NAMES) } / Lower centre : IN ARDUIS FIDELIS / USQUE AD MORTEM

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good