Memorial: M1337

Wall tablet at St Edburg’s Church, Bicester commemorating Commander Robert Gerald Fane RN d. 1917

Location

St Edburg's Church, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England

Transcript

'Commander Robert Gerald Fane (Italian Medal for Valour) of H.M.S. Dartmouth, who was killed in the Adriatic 15 May 1917, aged 35. Buried at Brindisi. Also Capt Horatio Alfred Fane M.C. Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. Killed 10 Aug 1918 aged 34. Buried at Meziere. And Major Octavius Edward Fane M.C., D.S.O. Royal Garrison Artillery killed 18th Sept 1918, aged 31. Buried at Hancourt. Sons of Capt. Henry George Fane and Grandsons of the late Colonel John Wm Fane of Wormsley, Oxfordshire'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: West end
Vessel: HMS Dartmouth

Event

Battle of the Strait of Otranto

Event Date

1917

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Fane, Robert Gerald
Age: 35
Date of Death: 15/5/1917
Cause of Death: War Casualty
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1972

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters