Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wycombe
- Town
- Medmenham
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Lady Scott (Kathleen Scott) (Sculptor)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8349
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Current location
St Peter and St Paul Church
A4155
Medmenham
Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
SL7 2HF
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 80471 84475
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Tablet bearing profile of Ritchie in relief with base and pediment. Inscription below.
- Inscription
- JAMES MAKEPEACE THACKERAY/ RITCHIE 1907-1940/ KILLED IN ACTION AT/ HAZEBROUCK, GUARDING/ THE DUNKIRK BEACHES
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: year died,place of death,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- 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
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