Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Bedfordshire
- Town
- Bedford
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 7666
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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
- IN MEMORY OF / FREDERICK JOHN ARTHUR ELAND 1910-1912 / SEC LIEUT SOMERSET LI / KILLED IN ACTION NEAR LOOS 26TH SEP. 1915 / AGED 22 / HAROLD HADLAND 1907-1912 / SERGEANT. 19TH ROYAL FUSILIERS PSD / KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE 2ND JAN. 1916 / AGED 21/ WILLIAM KNOW HUMFREY 1901-1909 / LIEUT. 2ND BATTN. LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS / KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE AUG: 26TH 1914 / AGED 23
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Eland, Frederick John Arthur
Hadland, Harold
Humfrey, William Know
See details for all 3 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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
- Reference
- RH 9
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