Memorial

Captain F J Cresswell

Source: John Bastock

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Current Location

All Saints Church, The Green, North Runcton, Kings Lynn And West Norfolk, Norfolk, PE33 0RB, England

TF 64651 15903

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 53442
Description: Rectangular white tablet on black base.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF / FRANCIS JOSEPH CRESSWELL / ELDEST SON OF FRANCIS and RACHEL CRESSWELL / OF KINGS LYNN / BORN NOV 1ST 1822. DIED SEPT 19TH 1882 / COL. GEORGE FRANCIS ADDISON CRESSWELL. C.V.O. / 5TH BATTALION NORFOLK REGIMENT, / ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE, / BORN AUGUST 22ND 1852, DIED JULY 5TH 1926, / ALSO CAPTN FRANCIS JOSEPH CRESSWELL THE NORFOLK REGIMENT, / ELDEST SON OF COL. CRESSWELL, BORN JULY 15TH 1883 / KILLED IN ACTION AT MONS, AUGUST 24TH 1914.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment, relationships, date of birth, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of names: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment, relationships, date of birth, manner of death, place of death, date of death

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Served: 1
Information shown: rank, forenames, surname, relationship, dates of biirth and death

Backboard

Height: 530 mm

Width: 720 mm

Depth: 25 mm

Made from: Marble - Black

Condition: Good

Tablet

Height: 405 mm

Width: 580 mm

Depth: 35 mm

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Lynn Advertiser - Friday 04 February 1927 Faculty granted for black marble tablet to the memory of Colonel Francis Joseph Cresswell, Colonel G. F. A. Cresswell and Captain F. J. Cresswell ---