J M Shorland memorial - St George - Fovant, Wiltshire - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

A stone memorial plaque to John maitland Shorland, R.N., midshipman in HMS Invincible, with two decorative carved pilasters. The last line of the inscription is in a carved scroll.

Inscription -

IN . LOVING . MEMORY . OF ./ JOHN MAITLAND SHORLAND, R.N./ MIDSHIPMAN IN H.M.S. INVINCIBLE/ THE ELDEST SON OF/ MAITLAND ARTHUR AND AGNES SHORLAND/ WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY/ IN THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, MAY 31, 1916, AGED 17 YEARS./ DEATH SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY

"Midshipman John Maitland Shorland of H.M.S. Invincible. Died 31st May 1916 aged 17.
Son of the Rector of Fovant – Rev. Maitland Arthur and Rebecca Shorland.
Remembered on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
At the Battle of Jutland salvoes from a German ship penetrated the Q turret, blew off the roof and detonated the midships magazine, which blew the ship in half. She sank in 90 seconds.
1026 officers and men were lost. There were three survivors."

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