Memorial

Major E R Hanbury

Major Evan Robert Hanbury tablet detail

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Current Location

West wall of the north aisle, All Saints Church, Cedar Street, Braunston, Rutland, Leicestershire, LE15 8QS, England

SK 83263 06592

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 73413
Description: Wall mounted, landscape orientated two-panelled tablet array incorporating an overall mottled marble border enclosing, in the left hand panel, a colourful standing figure of St. George, holding a sword and spear with the slain dragon at his feet. In the larger right hand, fainter mottled, marble panel, the inscription accompanied by a Leicestershire Yeomanry badge at top centre. Incised inscription lettering infilled in black. Decorative gold coloured inlay enhancement on borders.
Inscription: IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ EVAN ROBERT HANBURY/ MAJOR LEICESTERSHIRE YEOMANRY/ ATTACHED TO MACHINE GUN CORPS/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION NEAR/ ST. QUENTIN 23RD MAR. 1918 AGED 30/ THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY/ HIS MOTHER/ More life and fuller

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Surname, forenames, rank, regiments, manner of death, place of death, age at death, relationship

Tablet

Height: 513 mm

Width: 838 mm

Depth: 34 mm

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

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