Memorial

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel E Guinness

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Current Location

East wall of north transept, St Mary the Virgin Church, North Road, Ponteland, Castle Morpeth, Northumberland, NE20 9NU, England

NZ 16584 72956

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 34168
Description: Wall mounted, landscape oriented, composite-nowy-headed engraved brass plaque. A two-line border design incorporating shamrocks, interrupted at each corner, centre of lower band by floral bosses and by the regimental badge at the top, encloses the inscription. Text, border design and badge infilled with black paint.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF / BREVET LIEUT. COLONEL EUSTACE GUINNESS / COMMANDING 84TH BATTERY ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, / KILLED IN ACTION AT BAKENLAAGTE, SOUTH AFRICA / 30TH OCTOBER 1901 AGED 41 YEARS.

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death
Order of names: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death

Plaque

Height: 560mm

Width: 1065mm

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good