Memorial
Second Lieutenant B H Collis WW1
Current Location
, Holy Trinity Church, Back Hamlet, Ipswich, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8AJ, England
OS Grid Reference
TM 17180 44083
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 21900
- Description
- Suffolk Regimental badge at top
- Inscription
- SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR DEARLY BELOVED YOUNGER SON, BERTRAM HUMPHREY COLLIS, 2ND LIEUT THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT, WHO JOINED THE FORCES, SEPTEMBER 1ST 1914, AND DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT ST JEAN (YPRES), DECEMBER 20TH 1915 AND WAS LAID TO REST IN THE MILITARY CEMETERY OF LISSENTHOCK, AGED 19 YEARS. 'GREATER LOVE THAT NO MAN THAN THIS - THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS'. THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED BY HIS PARENTS, WILLIAM AND LAURA COLLIS.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death
Components
- Plaque
Made from: Brass
Condition: Lost