SURVEY OF GRAVE MEMORIALS AT THE CHURCH OF
ST. MARY MAGDALENE, ROXTON, BEDFORDSHIRE
Grave Memorials Against the School Wall
These two headstones are not row numbered but are positioned against the school wall
A
B
A
Badly eroded but believed to be
ANN DAUGHTER OF ROBERT AND JANE LEE
BURIED 25th MARCH 1788 AGED 1 YEAR
ANN DAUGHTER OF ROBERT AND JANE LEE
BURIED 25th MARCH 1788 AGED 1 YEAR
B
Plaque damaged during demolition of old Roxton School
now attached to school wall inside churchyard.
now attached to school wall inside churchyard.
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
GILBERT HENRY WOOD
7TH BEDS REGIMENT
ASSISTANT MASTER IN THIS SCHOOL FROM 1910
WOUNDED AT BAPAUME 15TH MARCH 1917
AND KILLED BY A SHELL WHEN BEING BROUGHT
BACK TO THE DRESSING STATION
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"HONOUR ALL MEN, LOVE THE BROTHERHOOD
FEAR GOD, HONOUR THE KING." 1 S.PETER 2.17
LOVING MEMORY OF
GILBERT HENRY WOOD
7TH BEDS REGIMENT
ASSISTANT MASTER IN THIS SCHOOL FROM 1910
WOUNDED AT BAPAUME 15TH MARCH 1917
AND KILLED BY A SHELL WHEN BEING BROUGHT
BACK TO THE DRESSING STATION
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"HONOUR ALL MEN, LOVE THE BROTHERHOOD
FEAR GOD, HONOUR THE KING." 1 S.PETER 2.17
Memorial plaque pictured inside Roxton School in the 1950s.
Picture courtesy of Norman Keightley
Picture courtesy of Norman Keightley