Memorial

Leslie Bertram TOOGOOD

Leslie Bertram Toogood (context)

Source: Copyright Jane King

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Current Location

The final row of headstones at the far end of the Cemetery, on the right side of the central pathway, near the corner., Woodston Cemetery, New Road, Woodston, Peterborough, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 9HB, England

OS Grid Reference

TL 18439 97259

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 67887
Description: Rectangular headstone, with a carved rose and leaves on each side of the inscription, which is in lead lettering.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ MY DEAR HUSBAND/ BERTIE TOOGOOD,/ DIED 22ND JAN 1956/ AGED 67 YEARS./ "FOR SO HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP"./ ALSO OF LESLIE, WHO WAS KILLED ON/ H.M.S. HOOD, 24TH MAY 1941/ AGED 21 YEARS/ "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN".

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Name; date of death; age
Additional Information: Leslie is named on the World War 2 tablet in St Augustine's Church, Woodston.

History

Sponsor Type: private

Conservation

Components

Gravestone

Height: 700

Width: 890

Depth: 70

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Further Information

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that Marine Leslie Bertram Toogood, of the Royal Marines (H.M.S. Hood), died 24/5/1941. He is commemorated on Panel 59 Column 2 of Portsmouth Naval Memorial.