Memorial

Pte H G Clarke Memorial Plaque - WW1

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Current Location

ST ANDREW AND ST BARTHOLOMEWS CHURCH, Quay Lane, Ashleworth, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL19 4HY, England

SO 81856 25192

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 34158
Description: PLAIN BRASS PLAQUE FIXED BY ROUND, LARGE-HEADED SCREWS AT EACH CORNER/ FIRST LINE AND NAME IN CAPITAL LETTERS. REMAINDER OF LETTER IN LOWER CASE WITH CAPITALS FOR MAIN WORKDS. 'GREATER LOVE...FRIENDS' IN ITALICS. CROSS AT TOP OF PLAQUE ABOVE INSCRIPTION. INSET IN BOTTOM LEFT SIDE OF PLAQUE IS THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR (1899-1902) MEDAL WITH RIBBON WITH CLASPS SOUTH AFRICA 1901 WITTENBERG, TRANSVAAL, CAPE COLONY
Inscription: IN THANKFULNESS TO GOD / AND LOVING AND HONOURED MEMORY OF / HAROLD GWYNNE CLARKE / PRIVATE, 13TH CANADIAN BATTALION / SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM HENRY AND / ELIZABETH CLARKE OF ASHELWORTH [SIC] COURT, / WHO DIED OF WOUNDS / SEPT. 24TH 1916, AGED 44. / HIS GRAVE IS IN THE BRITISH MILITARY / CEMETERY PUCHEVILLERS, FRANCE. / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT / A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS" / "GRANT HIM O LORD ETERNAL REST."

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

Plaque

Height: 1 M EST

Width: 0.6 M EST.

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good