Inside the church of St.Peter and St.Paul, on the north side wall, mounted in what appears to be a blocked up window or door is an incised stone tablet.
The enclosure is headed by a crown finial and flanked by similar finals on which are incised crossed swords (on the left) and crossed rifles (on the right).
Within is then a dark grey stone surround into which is inserted a plain stone tablet. At the head is inscribed "In Loving and Grateful Memory" above a
small raised stone Latin cross. Below this
OF BARDWELL MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
Then follows the 21 names, Rank, Surname, Forenames, Regiment in alphabetical order of surname.
Pte. ATKINS, ALBERT 7th Suffolks.
" ATKINS, WILLIAM R.A.M.C.
2nd Lieut. BEALES, FREDERICK CHARLES 4th Lincolns.
Pte. BEAN, FREDERICK JOHN Queens R.W.Surrey.
" BLIZZARD, WILLIAM R.E.
" BOLINGBROKE, HARRY SAMUEL 3rd Suffolks.
A.S. BURROWS, BERTIE 63rd R.N.D.
Pte. BUTCHER, ARTHUR 3rd Suffolks.
" CALVER, GEORGE EDWARD 7th E.Surrey.
" CHALLIS, REGINALD 2nd Suffolks.
L-Cpl. COE, ERNEST HERBERT 7th Suffolks.
Serg. COPPIN, FREDERICK CHARLES R.A.V.C.
Pte. COPPING, CHARLES 4th Norfolks.
" CRICK, LEONARD DANIEL 9th Norfolks.
" FILBY, HARRY VINCENT 1st Norfolks.
" GAUGHT, ALBERT EDWARD R.A.M.C.
" HAZELWOOD, ALFRED HAROLD 3rd Suffolks.
" HOLDER, JOHN Wiltshire.
" PLUMMER, ARCHIBALD OSCAR 2nd 6th Essex.
" REEVE, JACK 1st Suffolks.
Rflm RUFFLES, WILLIAM ARTHUR 15th R.I.F.
L-Cpl. SAUNDERSON, ARTHUR JOHN 2nd Lincolns.
" WARD, CHARLES 12th Suffolks.
followed by "Their name liveth for evermore"
At the base has been added a small tablet inscribed
1939-1945
the rank, surname, forenames and regiment of the three casualties from that conflict.
Gunner ARBON, ALBERT VICTOR, R.A.
Private BARKER, GEORGE HENRY, 6th Norfolks.
Lieut. Col. HEILGERS, FRANK FREDERICK ALEXANDER, M.P., R.A.
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All the lettering has been blackened
The memorial was designed by F.H.Goddard and dedicated on the 29th February 1920 and re-dedicated on 30th March 1952.
On the wall in the church is a white marble plaque on a black surround which was moved from the Bardwell Baptist Chapel in 2013, commemorating Private Frederick John Bean and Pioneer William Blizzard.
Also in the church, on the north wall, half way down the nave is a pointed stone plaque on a stone sill, incised with the names of parishioners who died in the Crimean War, 1854-55. Hopefully one day it may be possible to find out more about these six men. |
The Church of St. Peter and St.Paul Church, Bardwell
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