Memorial
Major F Foley
New Tablet
Source: Copyright Mark Newton 7 October 2015
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Current Location
on the base pf the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway memorial- our reference 24739, Garden of Remembrance, Southwell Gardens, Highbridge, Sedgemoor, Somerset, TA9 3DA, England
OS Grid Reference
ST 32037 47337
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 30398
- Description
- Bronze plaque in memory of the war hero Major Francis Edward Foley (1884-1958). Foley was born in Highbridge and helped thousands of Jews escape from Nazi persecution whilst he was working in Berlin as a British Intelligence and Passport Officer. The plaque was stolen, but was replaced in granite and unveiled during a ceremony held in the Garden of Remembrance in 2012.
- Inscription
- PLAQUE 1: IN HONOUR OF/ FRANK FOLEY/ A SPY WHO SAVED THE LIVES/ OF MORE THAN 10,000 JEWS/ FROM THE HOLOCAUST/ BORN AT 7 WALROW TERRACE/ HIGHBRIDGE/ 23 NOV 1884/ DIED 8 MAY 1959/ RIGHTEOUS AMONG NATIONS PLAQUE 2: UNVEILED BY/ SABINE MEYER-MICHAEL/ ON 7 MAY 2000/ ONE OF MANY THOUSANDS/ SAVED BY MAJOR FRANK FOLEY
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Served
- 1
- Information shown
- surname,rank,year died,forename,place of birth,age of death,occupation
Components
- Plaque
Height: 500MM
Width: 500MM
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Stolen
- Tablet
Made from: Granite
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II
List Entry: 1441003
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 253051
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