FDA-A.751-2018
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.751-2018
Object type
Identification
Title
Lawrence Oates Memorial
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Rectangular plaque (portrait orientation), with lettering
Description
Content (description)
Inscription with shield in relief
Inscription
Lettering: 'LAURENTIUS.EDUARDUS / GRACE.OATES / DUX.TURMAE.EQUITUM.INNISKILL. / UT.IN.AFRICA.AUSTRALI.MILITANS / ITA.A.POLO.REDIENS.SUPERATO / DUM.ALIIS.CONSULIT / SUI.USQUE.PRODIGUS / INTER.NIVES.ANTARCTICAS / ULTRO.VITA.EXCESSIT / DIE.XVIINO.MARTII.A.S.MCMXII. / NATALI.SUO / XXXII.ANNOS.NATUS. / ____ / NON.ILLE.PRO.GARIS.AMICIS / AUT.PATRIA.TIMIDUS.PERIRE.'
('LAURENTIUS.EDUARD / GRACE.OATES / LEADER.OF.THE.INNISKILL.HORSE.TROOP [etc.]')
('LAURENTIUS.EDUARD / GRACE.OATES / LEADER.OF.THE.INNISKILL.HORSE.TROOP [etc.]')
Production
Date
c.1914
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned for Eton College Chapel by F.H. Rawlins and A.C. Rayner-Wood in c.1914
References
• Lack, W., Stuchfield, H. Martin and Whittemore, P., The Monumental Brasses of Buckinghamshire, London: Monumental Brass Society, 1994 (p. 92, no. CCXXXIII)
