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    Memorial

    Second Lieutenant F A Fawcett

    Wall mounted plaque

    Source: Copyright Mark Newton

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    Current Location

    CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL, Sandford Road, Cheltenham, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 7AN, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SO 95144 21512

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    20679
    Description
    Brass plaque mounted on a wooden backboard containing the South Staffordshire Regimental Badge at top centre. All inscription is formed in upper-case lettering.
    Inscription
    (Regimental Badge) A MEMORIAL OF AFFECTION/ TO/ FRANK ALDRIDGE FAWCETT/ SEC. LIEUT./ SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT/ KILLED ON THE SOMME/ JULY 1ST 1916
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    forename, surname, rank, regiment, place of death, date died
    Custodian
    East Gloucestershire NHS Trust

    Components

    Plaque

    Height: 400mm

    Width: 500mm

    Depth: 25mm


    Made from: Brass


    Condition: Good


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    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    223623

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    • https://moseley-society.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Second-Lieutenant-Frank-Aldridge-Fawcett-3.pdf#:~:text=Second%20Lieutenant%20Frank%20Fawcett%20lived%20in%20Moseley%2C%20Birmingham,and%20just%20nineteen%20years%20old%20when%20he%20died.
  • https://kes.org.uk/RollofHonour/biogs/fawcett-frank-aldridge.html
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12398892/frank-aldridge-fawcett
  • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/751366/f-a-fawcett/
  • https://www.everyoneremembered.org/profiles/soldier/751366/
  • "Leaving all that was dear" - Cheltenham & The Great War 1914-1918 with detailed biographies of the fallen. Compiled by Joseph Devereux and Graham Sacker. ISBN 0952938200