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    Memorial

    Sapper R C Gore

    The Cross

    Source: Copyright Stephen Cape

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    Current Location

    St.Mary the Virgin Church, Dock Road, Little Thurrock, Grays, Thurrock, Essex, RM17 6EX, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 62628 77794

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Battlefield cross or marker
    WMR Reference Number
    72897
    Description
    Wooden Battlefield Cross with 3 original GR tags. The marker is for WR/500839 Sapper Richard C. Gore R.E., who died from the effects of influenza on 13th November 1918. His original wooden cross now lies within Little Thurrock parish church near Tilbury in Essex. Richard was in the Royal Engineers, Inland Water Transport. He died in hospital in Rouen of influenza on 13th November 1918 aged 30. He is buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France, in grave S. III. Q. 15. The son of Richard and Rosina Gore of 13 Whitehall Road, Grays, Essex, and the husband of Ethel Mary Gore of 91 Richmond Road, Grays. He enlisted on 6th September 1915.
    Inscription
    [unknown]
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Additional Information
    details of names list unknown - no images
    Custodian
    Church authorities / Parochial Church Council (PCC)

    Components

    Battlefield Cross or Marker

    Made from: Wood


    Condition: Good


    Plaques

    Made from: Metal


    Condition: Good


    • http://thereturned.co.uk/crosses/little-thurrock-st-mary-the-virgin-essex/
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/517863/r-c-gore/