Memorial details

Memorial type
Composite
District
South Cambridgeshire
Town
Duxford
County
Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Commemoration
20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
47402

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Current location

Royal Anglian Regiment archive
Imperial War Museum Duxford
Duxford
South Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
SG8 7HZ
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 45533 45672
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Land Warfare Hall - Royal Anglian Regiment Museum
    Imperial War Museum Duxford
    Duxford
    South Cambridgeshire
    Cambridgeshire
    SG8 7HZ
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TL 45533 45672
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Book of Remembrance in display case. Now (October 2018) in an east side store with the other Books of Remembrance. Replaced in the museum by an interactive 'book' of remembrance.
Inscription
BACKBOARD: IN MEMORY / OF THOSE MEMBERS OF / THE EAST ANGLIAN REGIMENTS / AND / THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT / WHO DIED WHILST ON DUTY / FROM 1958 PLAQUE: "O LORD GOD WHO BY THY BRIGHTNESS / OF A STAR DIDST LEAD MEN TO THE / SAVIOUR OF MANKIND, GIVE THY GRACE / TO THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT, THAT / TRUSTING IN THEE AS OUR STRONG ROCK / AND OUR CASTLE WE MAY, IN UNITY WITH / THEE AND ONE ANOTHER, RIGHTLY SERVE / OUR SOVEREIGN AND OUR NATIVE LAND, / AND AT THE LAST BE LED BY THY MERCY / TO THY HEAVENLY KINGDOM THROUGH / JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD" / COLLECT OF THY ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT PLAQUE ON DISPLAY CASE: PRESENTED BY / LORD DE RAMSEY / IN HONOUR OF HIS FATHER
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • 20th Century Wars (1900-1999)
    Total names on memorial: 55
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 55
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death
    Order of information: year died,surname
Components
  • Case
    Measurements: depth 500MM, height 1000MM, width 500MM
    Materials: Wood
  • Backboard
    Measurements: height 1950MM, width 690MM
    Materials: Wood
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 100MM, width 100MM
    Materials: Brass
  • Book
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Parchment
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Responsibility
IWM DUXFORD

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