Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Town
- Stowmarket
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: December 1918
Attended by: Brig-Gen S E Massy-Lloyd
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 4850
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Current location
St Peter and St Mary's Church
Church Walk
Stowmarket
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk
IP14 1ET
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 04908 58680
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular brass plaque on green marble background. Olive leaves border with the St Andrew’s cross in the corners and the Suffolk Regiment’s badge on the top centre.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM THOMAS WOODWARD/ 2ND LIEUT/ SUFFOLK REGIMENT/ SON OF/ GEORGE AND AGNES/ WOODWARD WHITE HALL/ OLD NEWTON WHO FELL/ ON THE FIELDS OF/ FLANDERS JUNE 14TH 1917/ AGED NINETEEN YEARS/ HE DIED FOR FREEDOM/ AND HONOUR
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Woodward, William Thomas
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, rank, regiment, relationships, place of death, date of death, age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 50mm, height 915mm, width 610mm
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Green
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Responsibility
- PCC
- Reference
- Suffolk Chronicle and Mercury, 27 December 1918
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