Memorial

Ipswich Cemetery - Field of Honour

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Ipswich Cemetery - Field of Honour, Ipswich Old Cenmetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 4AL, England

TM 17199 45304

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 4638
Description: Obelisk with four lead flower holders against the four faces. Images of the flower troughs added.
Inscription: 3 O'Clock Face: GIVEN IN MEMORY OF/ HENRY RUTHVEN LAWRENCE M.C./ CAPT. S. AFRICAN HIGHLANDERS, MEDICAL CORPS, 9TH DIV/ SERVED IN SW AFRICAN CAMPAIGN AND FRANCE, WOUNDED AT/ LE CATEAU. DIED AT CHAMEROI ON 6TH DEC 1918 AGED 35 6 O'Clock Face: IN MEMORY OF/ OUR MILLION DEAD/ 1914-1918 9 O'Clock Face: GIVEN IN MEMORY OF/ DONALD PRETTY. LIEUT 4TH BATT SUFFOLK REGT/ DIED OF WOUNDS AT BETHUNE MAY 11TH 1915 12 O'Clock Face: THIS FLOWER TROUGH WAS GIVEN/ IN MEMORY OF/ BERTRAM COLEBY RANSOME. LIEUT RASC/ SERVED IN FRANCE 1917. DIED AT HAVRE 1918

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,decorations

Obelisk

Height: 15FT

Width: 87"BASE

Depth: 87"BASE

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Architectural details

Made from: Lead

Condition: Good