St. Peter's Church Portishead Memorial Inscriptions

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Metal wall plaque.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
EDWARD GRONOW HOWELL,
LIEU^T. 2^ND DERBYSHIRE REG^T. (SHERWOOD FORESTERS)
BORN AT AVON VIEW IN THIS PARISH
FEBRUARY 25^TH 1879.
KILLED IN ACTION, FEBRUARY 12^TH 1902
IN THE GREAT BOER WAR,
AT KLIP RIVER STATION, TRANSVAAL,
WHILE DEFENDING A WOUNDED BROTHER
OFFICER WHOM HE REFUSED TO LEAVE
THOUGH URGED BY HIM TO DO SO.
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND."

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