Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Mid Sussex
Town
Burgess Hill
County
West Sussex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
16825

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Current location

St John the Evangelist Church
St John's Road/ Crescent Road
Burgess Hill
Mid Sussex
West Sussex
RH15 8HA
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 31200 19200
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Large wooden board with accompanying flags. The board has a square protrusion at the centre top containing a cross. The board has a WW1 section with four columns above a WW2 section which also has four columns.
Inscription
Lest we forget / in loving and grateful memory of the men of this Parish who gave their lives for King & Country / in the Great War 1914 - 1918. Their names are here recorded to be held in honour for evermore. / (Names) // These too passed on to the sound of the trumpets 1939 - 1945 / (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ainscough, James
Ball, Ernest
Barber, Arthur V
Bartley, Richard
Bartley, Richard
Beard, Thomas H
Birdwood, Christopher W B
Boakes, Jesse S
Boakes, Norman P
Butcher, Robert
See details for all 118 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 116
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 116
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 52
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 52
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname,forename
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: height 2200 MM, width 1520 MM
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Geograph - www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4788167 - accessed 1 May 2020

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