Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Chelmsford
- Town
- Little Baddow
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Gawthorp and Sons (Manufacturer)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 45612
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Current location
ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH
Church Rd
Little Baddow
Chelmsford
Essex
CM3 4BN
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 76451 08068
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A rectangular brass plaque , the longer axis horizontal , an incised border of laurel leaves between two single lines . At top the badge of the Royal Naval Air Service within a trefoil shaped inset in the border , below that the dedication all incised and coloured black .
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ FLIGHT SUB-LIEUT: MOSLEY GORDON WOODHOUSE, R.N./ SECOND SON OF ARTHUR LIONEL AND ISOBEL WOODHOUSE,/ TOFTS, LITTLE BADDOW./ KILLED IN ACTION WHILE ATTACKING ENEMY AIRCRAFT/ ON THE COAST OF FLANDERS./ BORN 26TH OCTOBER 1898, DIED 9TH AUGUST 1917./ "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Woodhouse, Mosley Gordon
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 1
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 310MM, width 630MM
Materials: Brass
- 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
- Flt Sub-Lt M G Woodhouse Plaque
- WMO ID: 221485
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 13-12-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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