Memorial
Lieutenant Colonel G A Tryon MC
Lieutenant Colonel G A Tryon MC tablet detail
Source: ©2025 Colin Murray
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Current Location
North east wall of the nave at the chancel entrance, St Peter and St Pauls Church, North Street, Middle Rasen, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, LN8 3TS, England
OS Grid Reference
TF 08731 89521
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 96483
- Description
- Wall mounted, portrait orientated, white marble Gothic headed tablet mounted on a same shaped black marble backboard. At top centre are a pair of carved military officers swords, with a Military cross on top, beneath is the dedication, incised and picked out in black.
- Inscription
- TO GOD'S HONOUR/ IN PROUD AND UNFORGETTING MEMORY OF/ LIEUT-COL. GEORGE ARTHUR TRYON M.C./ 4TH KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS./ WHO AFTER FOUR YEARS ACTIVE SERVICE IN/ THE GREAT WAR GAVE HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS COUNTRY NOVEMBER 7TH 1918,/ FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE FIGHTING CEASED/ HIS AGE WAS 32 YEARS./ WE ASKED LIFE OF THEE AND THOU GAVEST/ HIM A LONG LIFE EVEN FOR EVER AND EVER/ A MOTHERS MEMORIAL TO HER ONLY SON./ COLONEL TRYON WAS THE SON OF THE REV. ARTHUR WM./ TRYON, AND GRANDSON OF MAJOR GEN. TRYON, 43RD REGT./ ALSO OF THE REV. THOS WIMBERLEY MOSSMAN, RECTOR/ OF WEST TORRINGTON
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Surname, forenames, rank, regiment, date and age at death, awards, relationships
Components
- Tablet
Height: 1040mm
Width: 685mm
Made from: Marble - Black
Condition: Good
- Tablet
Height: 270mm
Width: 915mm
Made from: Marble - White
Condition: Good
Report a Concern
- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 255090
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