Memorial

Lt Col G C Roberts And The 14th Battn Gloucestershire Regt, Sowerby - WW1

Plaque

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Current Location

South aisle, St. Peter's Church, St. Peter's Avenue, Sowerby, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX6 1HD, England

SE 04292 23205

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 2861
Description: Plain rectangular brass plaque with incised inscription in black and red painted lettering. Badges of the regiment in the top corners of the plaque.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN PROUD MEMORY OF/ GERARD CHIPCHASE ROBERTS/ LIEUT COL 14TH BATT THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION SOUTH OF NEUVE CHAPELLE/ JUNE 8TH 1916 AGED 42 AND IS BURIED AT POINT-DES-HEM/ ALSO OF THOSE OF HIS BATTALION WHO FELL WITH HIM

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, date of death, regiment, place of death, forename, place of burial, manner of death, age of death, additional

Plaque

Height: 350mm

Width: 710mm

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 703