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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- St Edmundsbury
- Town
- Culford
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Gawthorp and Sons (Founder / Foundry)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 09 July 1920
Attended by: Mr S Leigh (former Headmaster)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8928
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Current location
Culford School
The Street
Culford
St Edmundsbury
Suffolk
IP28 6TX
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 83274 70482
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- East Anglian School
Northgate Street
Bury St Edmunds
St Edmundsbury
Suffolk
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- East Anglian School
- Description
- Brass plaque
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ CHARLES H HONESS BSC LOND/ SERGEANT ROYAL ENGINEERS/ 15 YEARS SCIENCE MASTER OF THIS SCHOOL. HIS EARNEST/ EFFORTS TO SERVE ITS HIGHEST INTERESTS WON THE ESTEEM/ OF GOVERNORS AND THE AFFECTION OF BOYS AND COLLEAGUES/ HE ENLISTED IN AUGUST 1915 AND GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY/ IN APRIL 1917/ "YOU MADE US MEN, YOU TAUGHT US HOW TO LIVE/ AND IN YOUR WISDOM, TAUGHT US HOW TO DIE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Honess, Charles H
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,forename,occupation,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 330 mm, width 584 mm
Materials: Brass
- 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
- Corporate
- Responsibility
- School
- Reference
- Account of unveiling Bury Free Press 10 July 1920
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