Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Babergh
- Town
- Tattingstone
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4502
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Current location
29
St Mary the Virgin
Church Road
Tattingstone
Babergh
Suffolk
IP9 2NA
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 13606 37140
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Octagonal plaque
- Inscription
- IN EVER / LOVING / MEMORY / OF . CHARLES ARTHUR / BOILEAU ELLIOTT / 2ND LIEUT / 1ST SOMERSET / L I / DIED / OF WOUNDS / IN / FRANCE / APRIL 12 1917 / AGED 24/ "HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN MAY DIE, / FIGHTING FOR GOD AND RIGHT AND LIBERTY, / AND SUCH A DEATH IS IMMORTALITY. " / "DEATH CANNOT LONG DIVIDE, / FOR IS NOT AS IF THE ROSE HAD CLIMBED / THE GARDEN WALL AND BLOSSOMED ON THE OTHER SIDE" ( The quote is from John Oxenham's poem To you who have lost)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Elliott, Charles Arthur Boileau
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Forename, middle name, surname, rank, regiment, age at death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 584.22mm, width 584.22mm
Materials: Copper
- Plaque
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
- Grade II*
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- 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 - Responsibility
- PCC
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