Memorial

Sergeant G R Ford

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Royal Artillery Museum , Royal Arsenal, Woolwich , Greenwich, Greater London, SE18 6ST, England

TQ 43829 79237

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Type of Memorial: Battlefield cross or marker
WMR Reference Number: 105030
Description: A fragment of a battlefield cross , light yellow coloured wood with the dedication painted in black .The fragment appears to be the remains of the cross member with the entire upright and possible Celtic style supports missing . Accompanying the fragment is an explanatory printed document .
Inscription: Cross Fragment /R.I.P/No 10366 Sgt FORD G R /OF/ remainder of dedication missing . Accompanying document /World War One part of a grave marker/This part of a temporary grave marker for 10366 Sergeant George Rufus/ Ford serving with 123rd Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery . Killed in/ action on 2nd June 1915 aged 32.His grave is at Perth Cemetery/China Wall in Belgium .The cemetery was began(sic) by French Troops in/November 1914(the French graves were removed after the Armistice ) and/adopted by the 2nd Scottish Rifles in June 1917 .It was called Perth as the /2nd predecessors of the 2nd Scottish Rifles were raised in Perth and "China" /wall from the communication trench Known as the Great Wall of China ) or/Halfway House Cemetery ./

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: service number , rank , surname , given names , unit , manner of death,date of death . age at death , place of burial

Battlefield Cross or Marker

Made from: Wood

Condition: Poor

image and details first appeared on The Returned from the Front website http://thereturned.co.uk/crosses/london-firepower-ra-museum-woolwich/