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Walter's Urn
Walter's Urn
Walter's Urn
Walter's Urn
Walter's Urn
Walter's Urn
Walter's Urn

Image credit: The Scouts Heritage Service

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A memorial sculpture created in memory of Walter Chinnery, who died at the age of nine. The urn sits in the area developed by his mother as a children's garden, and where Walter tended his own flower bed.

The Scouts Heritage Service

London

Title

Walter's Urn

Date

c.1802

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 160 x W 62 x D 62 cm

Accession number

2018-04-07-01

Work type

Sculpture

Inscription description

inscription on plinth: WGC / In Memory of William Bassett Chinnery 1766–1827 / and Margaret Chinnery 1766–1840 who lived here at Gilwell with their children / 1796–1812 / and of Grand Niece Hodgson 1823–1833

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The Scouts Heritage Service

Scout Information Centre, Gilwell Park, Chingford, London, Greater London E4 7QW England

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