Memorial

H Viscount Crichton DSO MVO

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Addition to the grave of Mary Cavendish, St Mary's Church, Towngate, Eccleston, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 5RT, England

SD 51679 17408

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 66078
Description: Addition to gravestone. Henry William Crichton, Major (Brevet Lieutenant Colonel) Royal Horse Guards, died aged 42 on 31 October 1914, awarded the DSO and MVO. Son of the 4th Earl of Erne of Crom Castle, Ireland.
Inscription: MARY CAVENDISH/ daughter of (...)/ (...) and of Henry / Viscount Crichton D.S.O. M.V.O. killed in action November 1914/ (...)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, forename, manner of death, date of death, decorations, additional

Gravestone

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

The Aristocracy and the Great War, Gerald Gliddon (2002), p. 48.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission website: [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/160302/CRICHTON, HENRY WILLIAM]