Burrough Green

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: East Cambridgeshire
Town: Burrough Green
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 87345

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Current location

St Augustine's Church
The Green
Burrough Green
East Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
CB8 9LY
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 63532 55443
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Nowy headed wooden board with brass plaque attached above a shelf. Below the shelf is an inscription in the wood for WW2 names.

Inscription

On the frame: 1914-1919 On the Plaque: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/THIS TABLET AND CLOCK ON THE SCHOOL/HAVE BEEN ERECTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF THE PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WAR/[names in 2 columns]/THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE On the Extension Board- AND IN THE WAR 1939-1945/[names]

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Blake, B
Buller, F E (derick)
Burgess, Wilfred
Coppen, Sidney
Ewers, Thomas
Grass, Percy
Jaggard, William
Miller, Horace William
Mingay, Ben
Pledger, Charles
See details for all 18 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank
Order of information: surname
Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, service
Order of information: surname

Components

First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood

Listing information

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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