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2nd Lt. · 1 Welsh Guards

George Christopher Serocold Tennant

† 03/09/1917 · 19 jaar · Canada Farm Cemetery (Elverdinge), II.D.1; personal inscription: "CHRISTOPHER" CADOXTON, NEATH, WALES DEEPLY LOVED RESURREXIT

Persoonlijke gegevens

NaamTennant
InitialenG.C.S.
VoornaamGeorge Christopher Serocold
Geboortedatum en -plaatsCadoxton Lodge, Neath (Wales); 10.10.1887
FamilieSon of Charles Coombe and Winifred Coombe Tennant, of Neath

Extra informatie

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Educated at Winchester College, Trinity College (Cambridge) and Sandhurst
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Tennant’s mother shared an interest in spiritualism with the then celebrated spiritualist Sir Oliver Lodge, and her son and his death became the subject of Lodge’s book Christopher: A Study In Human Personality (1919)

Militaire gegevens

Rang2nd Lt.
Regiment / Eenheid1 Welsh Guards
Sterfdatum
Leeftijd19
Begraafplaats / GedenktekenCanada Farm Cemetery (Elverdinge), II.D.1; personal inscription: "CHRISTOPHER" CADOXTON, NEATH, WALES DEEPLY LOVED RESURREXIT

Andere informatie

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'The Christohper Lamp' - Brisbane Branch. Endowed: 14.05.1929. First lit from the Forster Lamp on 14.05.1929 at Perth, West Australia. "In memory of George Christopher Serocold Tennant, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Welsh Guards, Ypres, 3.9.1917" (Given by his mother.)
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'The Christopher Lamp' - Neath Branch (previously Brisbane's Lamp). Endowed: 01.04.1931. First lit on 06.06.1931 at Crystal Palace, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of Christopher Serocold Tennant, 2nd Lt., 1st Battn. Welsh Guards, killed in action near Ypres, age 19, 3.9.1917." (Given by his mother.)
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Gravemarker kept in crypt of All Hallows-by-the-Tower, London
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In October 2004, whilst moving a pulpit, workmen laying a carpet in the parish church at Elverdinge, near Langemarck, found under it a small brass plate with the inscription: "Orate pro anima CHRISTOPHER SEROCOLD TENNANT, 2nd Lieut. Welsh Guards, of Cadoxton, Neath, Wales. Born 1897. Fell in Action 3rd Sept. 1917 near Langemarck. Aged 19. Dearly Loved. Ex voto matre sua. Sancta Teresia a Jesu Infante ora pro nobis."

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Personal file
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Roll of the Lamps of Maintenance of Toc H, 1922-1936