Memorial
H G Mansell-Pleydell Mc
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
- 950
- Description
- White marble tablet with carved design of flowers, pilars at sides, and cherubs carrying family coat of arms at top centre. Inscription set in circular moulding, with commemoration in raised, black lettering.
- Inscription
- A MOTHER'S TRIBUTE / IN MEMORY OF HER YOUNGEST SON / MY LOVING FEARLESS SON HAS PASSED EARTH'S SHADOW INTO LIFE'S SUBSTANCE. / THROUGH A MOMENTARY MIST HE BEHELD THE DAWN. HE AWAITS TO WELCOIME ME, WHERE NO ARROW WOUNDS THE EAGLE SOARING, WHERE NO PARTINGS ARE FOR LOVE, WHERE THE HIGH & HOLY CALL US AGAIN TO MEET. / EVERY ONE THAT LOVETH IS BORN OF GOD, AND KNOWETH GOD, FOR GOD IS LOVE. / LIEUT. HENRY GROVE MANSEL-PLEYDELL M.C. OF WHATCOMBE AND 1ST BATTN DORSET REGT. KILLED WHILST OUT ON PATROL NEAR THIEPVAL IN FRANCE MAY 17TH 1916 AGED 21.
- 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