2nd Lieutenant George Futvoye Marsden-Smedley

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Reference WMO/288247

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St John the Baptist Church

Dethick Lane

Dethick

DE4 5GG

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Shouldered rectangular white marble tablet within a black marble surround. At top-centre of the white marble tablet is a cameo of the deceased, carved in relief, which is surrounded by a carved laurel wreath. The incised inscription beneath is in incised black lettering. At the foot of the white marble tablet is a carved and gilded crown.
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LET US KEEP IN MIND/ GEORGE FUTVOYE MARSDEN-SMEDLEY/ 2ND LIEUT. 3RD BATTN. THE RIFLE BRIGADE/ BORN 23RD JULY 1897/ EDUCATED AT HORRIS HILL AND HARROW/ IN BOTH SCHOOLS HE WAS CAPTAIN OF/ THE CRICKET AND FOOTBALL ELEVENS/ KILLED IN ACTION/ AT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME/ NEAR GUILLEMONT STATION/ 18TH AUGUST 1916/ MANY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES/ AWAITED HIM IN THIS PARISH/ BUT OBEYING A MORE URGENT CALL/ HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE/ THAT OTHER MEN MIGHT HAVE/ FAITH IN GOD/ LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN LIFE/ IN DEATH SERENE AND UNAFRAID/ MOST BLESSED IN REMEMBRANCE

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