Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Suffolk Coastal
- Town
- Dallinghoo
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Army & Navy Auxiliary Cooperative Society Ltd (Founder / Foundry)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 04 November 1917
Attended by: Unknown
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5473
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Current location
Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Road
Dallinghoo
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk
IP13 0LA
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 26607 54983
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brass plaque with Regimental Arms on wood.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ ALEXANDER ELLIS WALFORD/ "JACK"/ OF MOUNT VERNON CEYLON/ TEMPORARY LIEUTENANT THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT/ YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H A WALFORD JP/ 20TH HUSSARS OF FOXBOROUGH HALL/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE AT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME/ AT MALTZ HORN RIDGE ON AUGUST 16TH 1916 AGED 30/ BURIED ON THE BATTLEFIELD/ "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH"/ "I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, place of birth, rank, regiment, relationships,manner of death, place of death, date of death, age of death, place of burial.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 490 mm, width 700 mm
Materials: Brass
- 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
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