A8, MONUMENT 55 is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Monument.

A8, MONUMENT 55

WRENN ID: salt-rampart-jet
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: West Suffolk
Country: England
Date first listed: 30 October 1997
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8563NE ABBEY PRECINCTS, Great Churchyard 639-1/17/52 A 8, MON: 55

GV II

Churchyard monument. 1834. Head and footstone. Portland stone. A good original verse epitaph to a Sergeant Major in the Grenadier Guards, WILLIAM MIDDLEDITCH. The verse reads:- A HUSBAND, FATHER, COMRADE, FRIEND SINCERE, A BRITISH SOLDIER BRAVE LIES BURIED HERE. IN SPAIN AND FLUSHING AND AT WATERLOO HE FOUGHT TO GUARD OUR COUNTRY FROM THE FOE. HIS COMRADES, BRITONS WHO SURVIVE HIM, SAY HE ACTED NOBLY ON THAT GLORIOUS DAY. (Survey of Monuments in the Great Churchyard c.1960: West Suffolk CC: SECTION 8).

Listing NGR: TL8571663988

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