Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Bedfordshire
- Town
- Bedford
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 7660
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Current location
Bedford School Chapel
Burnaby Road
Bedford
North Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
MK40 2TU
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 05336 50507
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Honour board with inscription in gold lettering. Carved and illuminated regimental crests.
- Inscription
- (..) / JOHN MICHAEL DARLOW 1929-1940 / FLIGHT LIEUTENANT, RAF / KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN INDIA / AUGUST 17TH 1945 AGED 23 / ARTHUR DENNIS BRADFORD COCKS 1916-1923 / LT. COL. 5TH ASSAULT REGT. ROYAL ENGINEERS / KILLED IN ACTION IN THE ASSAULT ON / NORMANDY, JUNE 6TH 1944 AGED 39
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 2
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional
Order of information: forename,additional,rank,regiment,manner of death,place of death,year died,age of death
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Memorial
- 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 - Responsibility
- SCHOOL
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