Christ Church Ash Magna

WM name reference IWM101911


Current Location:

Christ Church Church Lane Ash Magna North Shropshire Shropshire SY13 4DZ


Description:

Two plaques, both of dark wood or stone with a light brown surround ad badge of the Scots Guards


Campaign:

World War 1


Inscription:

To the Glory of God/and in loving memory of/Charles Ivor Rivers Bulkeley/Captain Scots Guards (SR)/missing/after the charge at Festubert at dawn/on Sunday May 16th 1915/aged 30/blessed are the pure in heart. In Loving Memory of/Thomas Henry Rivers Bulkeley/Captain Scots Guards CMG MVG/killed in action/near Ypres in Belgium October 22nd 1914 aged 38.


Surname First Name Date of Death Name of Memorial(s)
Rivers Bulkeley Charles 6-5-1915 Christ Church Ash Magna View
Rivers-Bulkeley Thomas 22-10-1914 Christ Church Ash Magna View

Further information:

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