Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Town
- Buxhall
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4718
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Current location
St Mary Church
Brettenham Road
Buxhall
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk
IP14 3DL
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 00306 57651
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Stone shield on a style of a gravestone, resting on horizontal Latin cross.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ CECIL WILLIAM SAWYER/ THE BELOVED SON OF THE LATE/ JOHN SAWYER AND MRS SAWYER/ OF BUXHALL/ WHO DIED 15TH MAY 1918/ WHILE A PRISONER OF WAR IN THE WAR/ HOSPITAL KLOSTER ST GRAVEN BRAKEL/ AGED 22 YEARS/ EVERY WORD OF GOD IS PURE/ HE IS A SHIELD/ UNTO THEM THAT PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM/ THY WILL BE DONE/ INTERRED IN THE DISTRICT CEMETERY OF BRAINE-LE-COMTE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Sawyer, Cecil William
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, relationships, date of death, manner of death, place of death, age of death, place buried
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- 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
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