Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

St Mark, Staplefield

Inscription:

THE STAPLEFIELD TROOP OF BOY SCOUTS
CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE
ALBERT SIMMONDS
ROYAL SUSSEX REGT
30 JUNE 1916
REUBEN NEWNHAM
2ND QUEENS WEST SURREY REGT
10 AUG 1918
BOTH PATROL LEADERS
THIS TABLET IS PLACED TO THEIR MEMORY
BY THEIR SCOUT OFFICERS AND COMRADES 1919.

Monument details:

Type: Brass.

Monument Condition: Excellent.

Inscription Condition: Excellent.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Newnham.

First Name(s): Reuben.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: 10 Aug 1919.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Jill Harwood.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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