Memorial

Corporal H K De Warenne Harvey DCM And 2nd Lieutenant R De Warenne Harvey

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Current Location

All Saints Church, Portland Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth And Portland, Dorset, DT4 9EZ, England

SY 66219 77792

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 962
Description: Brass plaque on black backboard. Family crest at centre top, in arch. Inscription divided in half vertically, with regimental badge at bottom centre of each half.
Inscription: Centre: TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF GOD/ IN LOVING AND PROUD MEMORY OF Left: HAROLD KEITH DE WARENNE HARVEY/ ELDEST SON OF HAROLD AND JANE HARVEY/ OF THE WILLOWS, WYKE REGIS,/ FORMERLY OF LLANISTAN, PEMBROKESHIRE,/ GRANDSON OF GEORGE HARRIES JP,/ OF TREVACCOON IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKESHIRE,/ CORPL IN THE 28TH BATT. MACHINE GUN SECTION/ AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE/ WHO WON HIS DCM AT GALLIPOLI/ AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT ARMENTIERES/ ON TUESDAY APRIL 25TH 1916,/ BURIED AT RATIONFARM CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES,/ AGED 21/ Right: RALPH DE WARENNE HARVEY/ THEIR YOUNGEST SON/ 2ND LIEUT. 3RD DORSET REGIMENT/ ATTACHED 1ST KINGS ROYAL RIFLES,/ WHO DIED AT ROUEN ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 7TH 1916/ OF HIS WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION/ ON MAY 23RD AT VIMY HEIGHTS,/ BURIED AT ST SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN,/ AGED 18./ BELOVED GREATLY BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM/ Centre: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,decorations

Plaque

Height: 600MM

Width: 1200MM

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good