Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Altar or communion rail
- District
- St Edmundsbury
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5179
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Current location
Suffolk Regimental Chapel
St Marys Church
Crown St
Bury St Edmunds
St Edmundsbury
Suffolk
IP33 1RT
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 85642 63961
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Pair of Altar rails each carrying a commemoration to one individual brother.
- Inscription
- IN MEMROY/ OF MAJOR G/ H WALFORD/ BDE MAJOR 84TH/ INF BRIGADE/ KILLED IN/ ACTION IN/ FRANCE/ 19TH APRIL 1915/ AGED 36 YEARS IN MEMORY/ OF LIEUTENANT A E `JACK' WALFORD/ KILLED IN/ ACTION IN/ FRANCE/ 16 AUGUST 1916/ AGED 30 YEARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Walford, A E
Walford, G H
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 2
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Altar / Communion rail
Measurements: depth 10IN, height 27IN, width 47IN
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Altar / Communion rail
- 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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