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    Memorial

    H Viscount Crichton DSO MVO

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    Current Location

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

    OS Grid Reference

    SD 51679 17408

    Denomination

    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

    Components

    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]