Memorial

Lieutenant F S J Silvertop

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Current Location

St Elizabeth of Hungary Church, Minsteracres Passionist Monastery, Minsteracres, Tynedale, Northumberland, DH8 9RT, England

NZ 02658 55903

Roman Catholic

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Type of Memorial: Church Fabric / Fitting: Stations of the cross
WMR Reference Number: 34043
Description: 14 stations of the cross with dedicatory alabaster inscription inscription tablet set within a fluted red marble frame. Incised inscription in gold painted lettering. Stations are in alabaster and set within a red marble frame.
Inscription: OF YOUR CHARITY, PRAY FOR THE REPOSE/ OF THE SOUL OF/ FRANCIS SOMERLED JOSEPH SILVERTOP,/ LIEUTENANT OXFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY,/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT GILLEMONT FARM/ MAY 20TH 1917, AGED 33 YEARS,/ AND WAS BURIED AT ST. EMELIE BRITISH CEMETERY/ VILLERS FANCON, AND TO WHOSE MEMORY THESE/ STATIONS OF THE CROSS WERE ERECTED BY HIS/ WIFE, AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR LITTLE SON.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional

Frame

Made from: Marble - Red

Condition: Good

Tablet

Height: 330MM

Width: 480MM

Depth: 50MM

Made from: Alabaster

Condition: Good

Stations of the Cross

Height: 640MM

Width: 450MM

Depth: 80MM

Made from: Alabaster

Condition: Good