Memorial

Driver C J Beard

Roll of honour

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 37989
Description: ROLL OF HONOUR PLACED WITHIN A GLAZED BROWN PAINTED PLASTER FRAME. TWO FIGURES CARVED IN RELIEF ON THE FRAME
Inscription: ROLL OF HONOUR: IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF OUR DEAR SON/ DRIVER CYRIL JOHN BEARD/ R.A.S.C.,/ WHO DIED WHILST ON WAR SERVICE IN SALONICA/ ON OCTOBER 17TH 1918./ AGED 20 YEARS./ NO MOTHER'S CARE DID HIM ATTEND,/ NOR O'ER HIM DID A FATHER BEND,/ NO SISTER BY TO SHED A TEAR,/ NO BROTHER BY HIS WORDS TO HEAR;/ SICK, DYING IN A FOREIGN LAND,/ NO FATHER BY TO TAKE HIS HAND./ NO MOTHER BY TO CLOSE HIS EYES,/ FAR FROM HIS NATIVE LAND HE LIES. FRAME: THE PATH OF DUTY/ WAS THE WAY TO GLORY

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional

History

Sponsor Type: private
Maintenance History: 2020: Bought from an ebay auction by relative. Family now intend to have the memorial restored. 2000: Some damage - extent unknown

Previous Location(s)

ON A PILLAR AT THE FRONT OF THE PUB, Albion Vaults PH, 12 Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury And Atcham, Shropshire, SY1 2DJ, England
OS Grid Reference
SJ 49397 12968

Conservation

Components

Roll of honour

Made from: Paper

Condition: Poor

Further Information

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Driver C J Beard http://www.cwgc.org

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Driver C J Beard

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Memorial Details

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Conservation

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