Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Avenue / Tree or grove
- District
- South Bucks
- Town
- Gerrards Cross
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8276
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Current location
St. James' Church
Oxford Road
Gerrards Cross
South Bucks
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7DW
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 00095 87928
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular metal plaque with curved top. Etched lettering in grey. Plaque is at the base of the Cherry Tree in corner of graveyard beside an ivy-covered wall.
- Inscription
- THIS TREE/ WAS PLANTED IN MEMORY OF/ RICHARD/ GRIMSDALE, R.N.V.R./ KILLED 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surbname, regiment, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- 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
- Public
- Responsibility
- PCC
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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