Plaque Grimwood 1941 St. Peter

St. Peter’s Church, Falstone Village.

Behind organ screen.

1939-45

Brass

Ad Die Gloriam
and in memory of
Thomas George Grimwood M.N.
aged 30 of S.S. Embassage. Torpedoed. August 27. 1941
Requiescat in pace

Plaque 2 inches high x 11 inches wide (5.5cms x 28cms), very plain.

The top, middle and last lines are in Roman capitals, the rest in sans serif capitals.

1. “Ad dei gloriam” means “To the glory of God”

2. See his  Every Name A Story entry

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell;

British Vessels Lost at Sea 1939-45 First published by HMSO 1947. Republished by Patrick Stephen ISBN 0 85059 267 4

Source of quotation
“Requiescat in pace” (“May he rest in peace”) Latin Mass for the Dead

Philip Thirkell;
Janet Brown;
Tony Harding

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