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Notton War Memorial

 
 
Notton WWI Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stephen Palmer, October 26, 2023
1. Notton WWI Memorial Marker
Inscription.
They Sleep With The Empires Best And Noblest Sons
Who In The Glorious Morning Of Their Day
For Englands Sake Lost All But Englands Praise

Major Charles Selwyn Awdry D.S.O.
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 1918.

2Nd Lieut Carol Edward Vere Awdry
Royal Munster Fusiliers 1914.

Private Frederick Stevens
Lancashire Fusiliers 1918.

Private Richard Jones
5th Btn Wiltshire Regiment 1944.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 51° 24.844′ N, 2° 7.43′ W. Memorial is in Lacock, England, in Wiltshire. It can be reached from West Street. Memorial is to the left of the Chapel in Lacock Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Lacock Cemetery, Lacock, England SN15 2LL, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South West England. Globally, it is in the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 26 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lacock War Memorial (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); The Bear (approx. 4.5 kilometers away); Melksham War Memorial (approx. 4.7 kilometers away); Yelde Hall (approx. 5 kilometers away); The Bridge House (approx. 5 kilometers away); The White Hart Inn
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(approx. 5 kilometers away); The Western Arches (approx. 5.3 kilometers away); The Blue House (approx. 24.5 kilometers away).
 
More about this memorial. Only the middle line of the inscription still exists, the first and third lines (which would have been on the north and south faces) have been lost. Full inscription taken from Imperial War Museum website.
 
Notton War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stephen Palmer, October 26, 2023
2. Notton War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2023, by Stephen Palmer of Ascot, England. This page has been viewed 96 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 29, 2023, by Stephen Palmer of Ascot, England. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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