Monumental Inscription Detail

Place:

St Mary the Virgin, Appledram

Inscription:

IN EVER LOVING AND HONOURED MEMORY
OF
LIEUTENANT RONALD JOHN LAND
3RD YORK AN LANCASTER REGIMENT
ATTACHED MACHINE GUN CORPS.
WHO FELL WHILST GALLANTLY ENDEAVOURING
TO HOLD THE LINE AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS
IN THE ENEMY ADVANCE AT LAGNICOURT, FRANCE,
ON THE 21ST MARCH 1918
"FOR GOD, COUNTRY AND FREEDOM".

Monument details:

Type: Brass.

Monument Condition: Unknown.

Inscription Condition: Unknown.

Person commemorated (or mentioned):

Last name: Land.

First Name(s): Ronald John.

Birth date: Not given.

Death date: 21 Mar 1918.

Age: Unknown or not given.

Transcription details:

Transcribed by: Mark Collins.

Batch: Unknown.

Image:

Image of a monument

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