Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- St Edmundsbury
- Town
- Rougham
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Faculty Granted
Date: 09 October 1940
Attended by: Unknown
- Faculty Granted
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5255
Support IWM
Any gift we receive makes a vital contribution to our ongoing work, from conserving our collection to supporting our public programme.
Current location
St Marys Church
Church Ln
Rougham
St Edmundsbury
Suffolk
IP30 9JJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 91206 62600
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- English alabaster tablet
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF/ ANDREW BYERS WOOD/ SUB. LIEUT. ROYAL NAVY/ KILLED ON MAY 29TH 1940 IN ENEMY AIR ATTACK/ ON HIS SHIP HMS BIDEFORD WHILST ASSISTING/ AT THE EVACUATION OF THE BEF DUNKIRK/ IN HIS 21ST YEAR/ "ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR, ALL YOU HAD, YOU GAVE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Wood, Andrew Byers
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 17", width 32"
Materials: Alabaster
- Plaque
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- 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
- PCC
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
This information is made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC licence.
This means you may reuse it for non-commercial purposes only and must attribute it to us using the following statement:
© WMR-5255
For queries, please contact [email protected].