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Commemorations in Dean Close School, Cheltenham |
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| Location: Shelburne Road, Cheltenham | Grid Reference: SO 947226 |
| Commemorations in Chapel: 2 (1 Cheltonian) | Commemorations outside Chapel: 1 |
| Last Visited: April 2003 | UKNIWM Refs: 49607 |
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Commemorations in the Chapel |
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2Lt William Sutton GARDNER, Royal Field Artillery attached to Royal Flying Corps, was killed in action in his aircraft on 6th March 1917 in the Arras area of France. He is buried in the Avesnes-Le-Compte Communal Cemetery, France. He is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial, the Grammar School Roll of Honour, the Dean Close School Roll of Honour and on the grave of his parents in the Charlton Kings Cemetery. His parents, William and Harriet Gardner, resided at "Laurel House" St Georges Place, Cheltenham. |
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The Dedication Stone at the Chapel
of Dean Close School. "This Dedication Stone was laid
by Sir James Tynte Agg-Gardner MP, November 1922, in memory of the Old
Boys of the School who laid down their lives in the Great War" UKNIWM Ref: 49607
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