Memorial

Lieutenant R H Cornwallis, 8th Baron Braybrooke and Ordinary Seaman Honourable G R L Neville

Memorial to Richard Henry Cornwallis, 8th Baron Braybrooke, and the Honourable George Robert Latimer Neville

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Current Location

South Chapel, east wall, St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Path, Saffron Walden, Uttlesford, Essex, CB10 1JP, England

TL 53740 38621

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 76148
Description: Wall tablet of mottled white rectangular polished marble. Incised black inscription. At top-left of the tablet is a carving of the Braybrooke family crest.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / HENRY 7TH BARON BRAYBROOKE, / DIED 9. MARCH 1941, AGED 85. / AND OF HIS SONS / RICHARD HENRY CORNWALLIS/ 8TH BARON BRAYBROOKE, / LIEUTENANT 3RD BN GRENADIER GUARDS, KILLED IN / ACTION IN TUNISIA 23. JANUARY 1943, AGED 24. / AND HONBLE GEORGE ROBERT LATIMER NEVILLE, / ORDINARY SEAMAN, ROYAL NAVY, KILLED IN / ACTION AT SEA 12. AUGUST 1941, AGED 21./ "The righteous live for evermore, the / care of them is with the most high"

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: First names, surname, title, rank, service, manner of death, place of death, date of death. age, relationships
Order of names: Seniority of title

Sponsor Type: private
Maintenance History: St Mary the Virgin Church was Grade I listed on 28/11/1951 (List Entry Number 1196237).

Tablet

Height: 460mm

Width: 750mm

Depth: 50mm

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: I

List Entry: 1196237

Essex Record Office: D/P 192/6/31 ; Faculty for placing MEMORIAL tablet to Henry, 7th Baron BRAYBROOKE, 1948 https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/result_details.aspx?ThisRecordsOffSet=1&id=32268