Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Herefordshire
- Town
- Much Birch
- County
- Hereford And Worcester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 32945
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- MUCH BIRCH CHAPEL
Much Birch
South Herefordshire
Hereford And Worcester
HR2 8HT
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 50428 30521
Denomination: Church of England
- MUCH BIRCH CHAPEL
- Description
- MARBLE TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A DARK COLOURED BACKBOARD
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF/ (9 NAMES)/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THAT HE LAYS/ DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cooke, Frank
Creed, Osmund
Day, Thomas
Nash, Thomas
Rooke, George
Rooke, Hubert
Small, Richard
Southerly, Harry
Townsend, Gabriel
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Tablet
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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