Memorial
E M Mansel-Pleydell
Current Location
Side chapel, St Nicholas Church, Winterborne Clenston, North Dorset, Dorset, DT11 0NY, England
OS Grid Reference
ST 83980 02794
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 949
- Description
- White marble tablet with carved design of flowers, pilars at sides, and angels carrying family coat of arms at top centre. Inscription set in circular moulding. Commemoration in raised, black lettering.
- Inscription
- A MOTHER'S TRIBUTE / IN MEMORY OF HER ELDEST SON / HE LIVETH ON IN HEARTS WHOSE DEEP PERCEPTION / LIES IN THE TRUTH UPLIFTING AND DIVINE, / IN DEEDS MORE NOBLE THAN THE WORLD'S CONCEPTION / HE LIVETH ON. / HE LIVETH ON IN JOY'S SUBLIMER PRESAGE / IN PRAYERS MORE REAL AND E'EN MORE TRULY BLEST, / IN LIFE MORE BOUNDLESS HEAVENS ETERNAL MESSAGE / HE LIVETH ON / LOVE CANNOT CEASE THERE IS OBLIVION NEVER, / IN THE FOREVER NOW HE LIVETH ON. / LIEUT. EDMUND MORTON MANSEL-PLEYDELL / OF WHATCOMBE AND 3RD BATTN DORSET REGT / LAID DOWN HIS LIFE AT KENNEL IN FLANDERS / MARCH 12TH 1915 AGED 28
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Rank, forename, middle name, surname, battalion, regiment, place of death, date of death, age of death
- Sponsor Type
- private
Components
- Tablet
Height: 600MM
Width: 600MM
Made from: Marble
Condition: Good