Captain O Oakes and Second Lieutenant R C Oakes

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Dedicated
Date: 8 February 1920
Attended by:

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

5240

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Current location

St Peter's Church
Bury Road
Nowton
St Edmundsbury
Suffolk
IP29 5NF
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 86331 60467
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Marble Tablet

Inscription

THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES TO THE DEATH REV X11.11/ TO THE PROUD AND UNFADING MEMORY OF/ ORBELL OAKES/ CAPTAIN IN THE XIX (APWO) YORKSHIRE REGIMENT/ WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF NEUVE CHAPELLE AND WAS/ BURIED NEAR MOULIN LE PRIETRE, MARCH 12TH 1915, AGED 34 YEARS 4 MONTHS/ ALSO ROBERT CLAUDE OAKES 2ND LIEUT RFA AND RFC/ WHO WAS KILLED IN AN AERIAL FIGHT ON JULY 16TH 1916/ AND WAS BURIED IN A GERMAN OFFICERS CEMETERY AT LE VERGUIER/ AGED 18 YEARS 9 MONTHS/ THE VERY DEARLY LOVED SECOND AND YOUNGEST SONS OF/ LT COLONEL O H OAKES AND LAURA HIS WIFE

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Oakes, Orbell
Oakes, Robert Claude
See details for all 2 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, place of birth, place of burial, manner of death, age, relationships
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Tablet
Measurements: height 660MM, width 939MM
Materials: Marble - White

Listing information

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Condition

Capt O Oakes and 2Lt R C Oakes
WMO ID: 117461
Condition: Undefined [last updated on 03-02-2019]
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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Private

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