Memorial

Rifleman Bernard Harold Godwin

Plaque

Source: Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

Christ Church, Grafton Road, Worthing, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1QA, England

TQ 14683 02783

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 106334
Description: Rectangular plaque on a wooden back-board. Badge at the centre top. Black letters with some leading letters red.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / BERNARD HAROLD GODWIN / RFN 3RD BN. RIFLE BRIGADE / WHO DIED IN HOSPITAL AT ST OMER / ON EASTER DAY APRIL 4TH 1915. / FROM HEART FAILURE THROUGH EXHAUSTION / AND FEVER CONTRACTED WHILST FIGHTING / IN TRENCHES NEAR ARMENTIERES. / AGED 23. / INTERRED IN THE CIMETIERE DE SOUVENIR. ST OMER. // FOR A WHILE THE TIRED BODY / LIES WITH FEET TOWARD THE MORN. / TILL THE LAST AND BRIGHTEST EASTER DAY BE BORN.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: forename, surname, rank, battalian, regiment, place of death, manner of death, age at deat, place of burial

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good