Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tewkesbury
- Town
- Winchcombe
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21061
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Current location
St Peter's Church
Gloucester Street
Winchcombe
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
GL54 5LU
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 0229828218
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Cast bronze plaque, KSLI BADGE AT TOP. MOULDED BORDER
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF / FRANCIS CLIFFORD BIRD,/ SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE / 2ND KINGS SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY, / ELDER SON OF FRANCIS AND MARY BIRD, / OF COTSWOLD IN THIS PARISH, / KILLED IN ACTION NEAR ST ELOI, FLANDERS, / MARCH 2ND 1915, AGED 19 YEARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bird, Francis Clifford
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 312 MM, width 500 MM
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST PETER
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- 2nd Lt Francis Clifford Bird
- WMO ID: 263575
- Condition: Good [last updated on 14-05-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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