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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tewkesbury
- Town
- Didbrook
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 20814
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Current location
ST GEORGES CHURCH
Didbrook
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 055 314
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- NOWY HEADED PLAQUE
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ JOHN MILTON JAMES, P.A.S.I./ 16TH ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT/ ELDER SON OF JOHN AND LEONORA JAMES/ BORN AT HAILES MAY 5TH 1885/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE JANUARY 23RD 1916/ AND BURIED IN THE CITADEL CEMETERY, WEST OF THE/ VILLAGE OF CARNOY NEAR BRAY SUR SOMME/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A/ MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- James, John Milton
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,place of burial,manner of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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