Memorial

Chief Yeoman H E Gilbert

Tablet

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

North wall, St Mary's Church, Market Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 1QW, England

SX 53770 56320

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 87748
Description: A white-grey mottled marble tablet with a curved and notched top and bevelled edge. The inscription is recessed and black filled. On a shaped black stone backboard
Inscription: ERECTED BY / HIS WIDOW AND FRIENDS / IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / HARRY EDWARD GILBERT, / CHIEF YEOMAN OF SIGNALS, / WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON H.M.S. DEFENCE, / IN THE JUTLAND BATTLE, / MAY31ST 1916. // GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS! // THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Relationship, forenames, surname, rank, manner of death, place of death, date of death

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good