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St. John the Baptist Church

Sir Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe

Title: Sir
Forenames: Somerset Arthur
Surnames: Gough-Calthorpe
Date of Birth: 23/12/1864
Date of Death: 27/07/1937
Grave Type: Cremation
Map Reference Number: RSHG SJCLA
Plot Number: C6 & E8
Grave Description: Plaque and ashes memorial inside church
Other Information: Source: Church records

Inscription:

Plaque
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET
THE HONOURABLE
SIR ARTHUR GOUGH-CALTHORPE
G.C.B., G.C.M.G., C.V.O.
GRAND OFFICER OF THE
LEGION OF HONOUR, ETC
BORN 23RD DECEMBER 1864
DIED 27TH JULY 1937

IN THE GREAT WAR HE
COMMANDED 2ND
CRUISER SQUADRON 1914
SECOND SEA LORD
OF THE ADMIRALTY 1916
COMMANDER IN CHIEF
MEDITERRANEAN 1917
HIGH COMMISSIONER CONSTANTINOPLE
CONCLUDED ARMISTICE WITH TURKEY 1918
COMMANDER IN CHIEF
PORTSMOUTH 1919
FIRST AND PRINCIPAL NAVAL
A.D.C. TO THE KING 1924

BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART
FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD

Ashes memorial
THE HON LEILA MABEL
GOUGH-CALTHORPE
DIED NOVEMBER 18TH 1933
AGED 67

ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET
THE HON SIR SOMERSET ARTHUR
GOUGH-CALTHROPE
G.C.B. G.C.M.G. C.V.O.
DIED 27TH JULY 1937
AGED 72 YEARS

Photographs:

David Earle
A & L Gough-Calthorpe ashes memorial
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
A Gough-Calthorpe plaque
Photographer: David Earle

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