2nd Lieutenant R A Butt And Rifleman F C Butt

Memorial Details

What type of memorial is it?

How would you describe the memorial and its ornamentation?

TWO-LIGHT STAINED GLASS WINDOW WITH FIGURES IN EACH LIGHT. SINGLE TREFOIL LIGHT ABOVE IT. INSCRIPTION IN THE WINDOW. DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION ON A WHITE MARBLE TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A GREY MARBLE BACKBOARD PLACED BELOW THE WINDOW. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING

FIGURE OF DAVID DEPICTED IN THE LEFT LIGHT AND FIGURE OF JONATHAN DEPICTED IN THE RIGHT LIGHT. TWO ANGELS ARE BELOW THEM SUPPORTING BANNER WITH INSCRIPTION ON IT AND TWO ANGELS AT THE TOP HOLDING INDIVIDUAL BANNERS WITH NAMES ON BADGE OF THE KINGS SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY CARVED ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE TABLET AND BADGE OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE CARVED IN RELIEF ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE TABLET

Reason for status change (if applicable/optional)

Location updated. 1 image added.

Location

Has this memorial been lost?

Location

Is this the memorial's current location?

Yes

Building Name

St Michael & All Angels Church

Street

Walford Road

Town

Walford, Ross on Wye

District

Hereford

County

Herefordshire

Country

England

Postcode

HR9 5QP

OS map ref

SO 58620 20419

Other Details

off the B4234

If the memorial is located in a site of worship, please list the religious denominations

Church of England

2nd Lieutenant R A Butt And Rifleman F C Butt Location

Commemoration

What words are inscribed on the memorial?

TABLET: THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEORY OF/ RICHARD ACTON BUTT/ 2ND LIEUT, KING'S SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY, KILLED IN ACTION/ NEAR YPRES, JAN. 9TH 1916, AGED 24 YEARS, BURIED AT BRIELIN/ AND FREDERICK CLAUDE BUTT/ RIFLEMAN LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE TAKEN PRISONER AT GOMMECOURT/ JULY 1ST AND DIED OF WOUNDS AT KRIEGS LAZARET, LE CATEAU,/ JULY 6TH 1916, AGED 19 YEARS, BURIED WITH MILITARY HONOURS/ IN THE CEMETERY AT LE CATEAU./ THE ELDEST AND YOUNGEST SONS OF G. W. AND E. S. BUTT, OF HOLCOMBE.

WINDOW: THEY WERE LOVELY AND/ PLEASANT IN THEIR/ LIVES AND IN DEATH THEY/ WERE NOT DIVIDED

War

How many names are listed in total?

Which war or group does the memorial commemorate?

First World War (1914-1918)

Is the total an exact count?

Yes

Of the names listed, how many served and returned?

Of the names listed, how many died?

What information is listed for those commemorated?

rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename, place of burial, manner of death, age of death, relationships

Condition

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