Cecil Collins Hann's memorial plaque in St Mary's Church, Beaminster. It reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CECIL COLLINS HANN,
2ND. LIEUT. ROYAL FLYING CORPS
SON OF ALBERT AND EDITH M. HANN OF BEAMINSTER
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN THE AIR DURING THE
BATTLE OF THE SOMME, OCT. 22ND. 1916 AGED 25 YEARS
HIS BODY WAS LAID TO REST AT HEILLY, MERICOURT L'ABBE, FRANCE
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. THAT A MAN
LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS" S.JOHN XV.13
It was dedicated during an evening service on 9 October 1917 by the Rev Canon Hutchings supported by Rev ELW Davies. Further detail at http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000407/19171012/003/0003# (subscription required) © 2003 Edward J Hann
