Memorial

St James the Less Church - WW1

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St James the Less Church, Church Road, Pangbourne, Newbury, Berkshire, RG8 7AX, England

SU 63422 76424

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 9085
Description: Wall mounted, horizontally oriented, oval-shaped, engraved brass plaque. A single-line border, interrupted by a cross at centre top, encloses the inscriptions and names.
Inscription: + / TO THE GLORY OF / GOD AND IN PROUD MEMORY / OF THE HEROIC DEAD 1914 - 1919 / (33 NAMES) / ALL HONOUR GIVE TO THOSE WHO NOBLY STRIVING / NOBLY FELL THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / The East window in the Church and this tablet are erected by Sir George Armstrong Bart. C.M.G. and Edith his wife / in remembrance of their only son Sec. Lieut. GEORGE CARLYON ARMSTRONG, 1st.. Batt. Coldstream Guards / who fell in Action at Cuinchy, Jan 25th.. 1915, aged 18 years: of all those in this Parish who gave their / lives for King and Country in the Great War and whose names are inscribed above; also of / Sub Lieut. PHILIP FURLONG ARMSTRONG. R.N. H.M. Submarine G.8. / only son of Frank and Pulcheria Armstrong: killed in Action / at Sea. Jan: 1918 aged 20 years.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death, relationships
Order of names: Year died

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good