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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Eastbourne
- Town
- Eastbourne
- County
- East Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17003
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Current location
South side of nave
All Souls Church
Susans Road
Eastbourne
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN21 3RJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TV 61446 99250
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall mounted, portrait oriented board. Badge at top centre and plaque near the bottom. Gold coloured lettering.
- Inscription
- 1939 1945 / 208 FIELD COY. R.E. / 2ND BRITISH DIVISION / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF / OUR COMRADES WHO DID NOT RETURN / (16 NAMES) / (.....?.....) / KOHIMA 1944. / FLANDERS 1939-40. BURMA 1944.)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename initials, surname, regiment
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- 208 Field Coy RE 2nd British Division WW2
- WMO ID: 138105
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 26-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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