Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Babergh
- Town
- East Bergholt
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 05 August 1920
Attended by: Unknown
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4336
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Current location
St. Mary's Church
East Bergholt
Babergh
Suffolk
CO7 6TB
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 07033 34456
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Cap badge of York and Lancaster regiment in upper left corner
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF MAJOR "TEMPY. LIEUT. COLONEL"/ RICHARD POINDESTRE WOOD MC/ 2ND BATT. YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT/ KILLED NEAR LE TRANSLOY OCTOBER 9TH 1916 AGED 26/ AND 2ND LIEUTENANT ROBERT BASIL WOOD/ 2ND BATT. THE BORDER REGIMENT/ KILLED NEAR ARMENTIERES OCTOBER 12TH 1916 AGED 24
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Wood, Richard Poingdestre
Wood, Robert Basil
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: no
Information shown: Rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename, manner of death, age of death, decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Alabaster - Plaque
Measurements: height 304.8mm, width 1346.2mm
Materials: Marble - White
- Frame
- 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
- Lt Col R P Wood Mc And 2lt R B Wood
- WMO ID: 261742
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 22-01-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PCC
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