
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Town
- Ashfield
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Faculty Granted
Date: 5 March 1947
Attended by: Unknown
- Faculty Granted
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4671
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Current location
Positioned below Ashfield - WW1 War Memorial (WMR reference 4670)
Parish Church of St Mary Ashfield
The St
Ashfield
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk
IP14 6LY
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 21039 62607
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Slate tablet with badge of Suffolk Regiment at top right-hand side.
- Inscription
- 1939 - 1945/ W L FRIEND/ 1ST BATT SUFFOLK REGT/ KILLED IN ACTION IN HOLLAND/ JANUARY 6TH 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Friend, W L
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Year of death, regiment, place of death, forename, surname, manner of death
Order of information: No order
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 178 mm, width 305 mm
Materials: Slate
- Tablet
- 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 - Responsibility
- Ashfield PCC
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