Memorial

Major A G Parsons

Source: Copyright Ruth Baldasera

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Current Location

On south wall of Nave, St Bartholomews Church, Village Centre, Kirkwhelpington, Tynedale, Northumberland, NE19 2RT, England

NY 99660 84423

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 34201
Description: Oval plaque of white marble on grey marble backboard. At top the Badge of the Royal Artillery in relief. Inscription incised and painted black using Roman lower case with the name in upper case.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ ALGERNON GEORGE PARSONS/ MAJOR R.F.A./ ONLY SON OF/ THE HON. SIR CHARLES PARSONS K.C.B./ OF RAY DEMESNE./ BORN OCTR. 19TH 1886/ KILLED IN ACTION/ IN FLANDERS APRIL 26TH 1918,/ AND BURIED/ IN THE MILITARY CEMETERY/ AT LISSENTHOECK/ PRO DEO ET REGE

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

Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: Parsons' parents, Sir Charles and Lady Katharine sat beneath it each week at service. He was their only son and served in the RA for 4 years, frustratingly just a few months before the war ended.

Tablet

Height: 730MM

Width: 510MM

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Marble - Grey

Condition: Good