Plaque Lambert 1914 Chapel

Bolton Chapel

On south wall of nave.

1914-18

Brass

Private family subscription

Sacred to the memory
of
John Mounsey Lambert
Captain 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers
killed in action at Neuve Chapelle
27th October 1914 aged 30.
Son of Major General G.C. Lambert late
101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers and Isabelle his wife.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

Plaque 24 inches high x 48 inches wide (609 mm x 1210 mm).

There is a border of straight lines with a square motif repeated at intervals.

In both top corners are regimental badges with traces of red enamel.

The lettering is in elaborate capitals throughout, apart from the final quotation, which is in lower case Gothic.

1. See his Every Name A Story entry.

Photo: John Rutherford; Philip Thirkell

Source of quotation:
“Dulce et decorum est . . .” Horace, Odes Book 3, No.2, 1.13

John Rutherford, Aln and Breamish Local History Society;
Philip Thirkell;
Tony Harding

If you are researching this memorial please contact 2014@newmp.org.uk