Memorial details

Memorial type
Photograph
District
Waveney
Town
Beccles
County
Suffolk
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
74736

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Current location

Second floor
Beccles Bell Tower
New Market
Beccles
Waveney
Suffolk
NR34 9HE
England

OS Grid Ref: TM 42123 90458
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Photograph in black timber frame with inscription in memorium of Edwin George Pipe. Situated on the 2nd floor of the bell tower where the bell ropes are located as Edwin was a member of the Beccles company of bell ringers.
Inscription
In Memoriam. / EDWIN GEORGE PIPE, / Lc/Cpl. Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, / Killed in Action in France, September 10th, 1917, / AGED 21 YEARS. / FOR SEVERAL YEARS A MEMBER OF THE BECCLES COMPANY OF RINGERS.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Pipe, Edwin George
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: firstname, surname, rank, regiment, date of death, age
    Order of information: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Beccles Town Council

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