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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Rushcliffe
Town
Cropwell Bishop
County
Nottinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
27210

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Current location

ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CHANCEL
ST GILES CHURCH
Cropwell Bishop
Rushcliffe
Nottinghamshire
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 685 355
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
MARBLE TABLET
Inscription
IN PROUD AND THANKFUL MEMORY OF FRANK, YOUNGEST SON OF JAMES H. R. WOOD, VICAR OF THIS PARISH, AND EDITH, HIS WIFE, SUBALTERN, SHERWOOD FORESTERS, ATTACHED 86TH M.G. COMPANY, WHO BEING GRAVELY WOUNDED IN THE ADVANCE AGAINST THE GERMANS AT PASSCHENDALE RIDGE ON 4 OCTOBER 1917, PASSED AWAY ON THE 23RD DAY OF THE SAME MONTH AT ST OMER IN THE 20TH YEAR OF HIS AGE./ THEY ASKED FOR LIFE OF THEE AND THOU GAVEST HIM LONG LIFE, EVEN FOR EVER AND EVER (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Wood, Frank
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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