Memorial

R W Pearson

Location

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

On the south wall of the nave., St Mary's Church, High Street, West Malling, Tonbridge And Malling, Kent, ME19 6ND, England

TQ 67906 57546

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 72631
Description: A white marble tablet with diagonal dark markings. The edge is shaped as a frame and has a rectangular extension at the top to accommodate a crest. The inscription is in different height black capital letters.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ WILLIE EMERSON DEDRICK/ OF BROME HOUSE/ JUSTICE OF THE PEACE HIGH SHERIFF OF KENT 1932/ WHO DIED 18TH MARCH 1963/ IN HIS 78TH YEAR/ ALSO OF HIS NEPHEW/ RICHARD WILLIAM PEARSON/ A MEMBER OF THE CHOIR OF THIS CHURCH/ KILLED IN H.M.S. HASTY OFF MALTA/ JUNE 1942, AGED 22 YEARS/ DORIS HARRIOT/ THE BELOVED WIFE OF/ WILLIE EMERSON DEDRICK/ DIED 2ND DECEMBER 1981/ IN HER 90TH YEAR

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Relationship, forename, surname, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death.

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good