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
- 7675
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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
- ERIC R KINGSLEY 1901-1906/ SEC LIEUT. 12TH BATTN MANCHESTER REGIMENT/ KILLED IN ACTION NEAR MAMETZ WOOD FRANCE/ JULY 7TH 1916 AGED 25/ JOHN WILFRED DE HOCHEPIED LARPENT/ 1907-1915 PRIVATE ROYAL FUSILIERS/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE 7TH AUGUST 1916 AGED 19/ LEONARD ALBANY RITCHIE 1900-1910/ LIEUTENANT ROYAL ENGINEERS/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE 24TH MARCH 1918/ AGED 24/ ERIC WILLIAM MONEY 1901-1909/ LIEUTENANT TANK CORPS/ KILLED IN ACTION AT BULLECOURT 11TH APRIL 1917/ AGED 25
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Kingsley, Eric R
Larpent, John Wilfred De Hochepied
Money, Eric William
Ritchie, Leonard Albany
See details for all 4 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
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 19
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