Memorial

Captain Bertram Rolfe Jackson

Source: Copyright Unknown

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Current Location

St Mary's, Church Lane, Heacham, Kings Lynn And West Norfolk, Norfolk, PE31 7HJ, England

TF68134 37973

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 78694
Description: A marble tablet with pediment and shelf. At the centre of the pediment is the insignia of the Coldstream Guards. The central section of the tablet, which bears an inscription in black lettering, is bordered by ornate mouldings.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ BERTRAM ROLFE JACKSON,/ CAPTAIN COLDSTREAM GUARDS,/ KILLED IN ACTION 15TH SEPTEMBER 1916 AGED 31,/ BURIED ON THE BATTLEFIELD NR GINCHY FRANCE./ "SAY NOT OF HIM HE LEFT THIS VALE OF TEARS,/ WHO LOVED THE GOOD PLAIN ENGLISH PHRASE,/ HE DIED./ NOR STATE HE NOBLY LIVED, OR OTHERWISE/ FAILED OR SUCCEEDED - FRIEND JUST SAY/ HE TRIED."/ AND OF HIS SISTER GRACE MARY MONICA/ WIFE OF CAPT. A.S.B. ROBERTS I.A. WHO DIED/ AT RANGOON BURMA 21ST MARCH 1909, AGED 29/ AND WAS BURIED AT SEA IN THE GULF OF MARTABAN./ THEY WORSHIPPED TOGETHER IN THIS CHURCH/ AND SPENT A BRIGHT AND HAPPY YOUTH AT/ THE HOMEMEAD, HARD BY ITS GATES.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, regiment, manner of death, date of death, age at death, place of death, relationships

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Unknown