Beecroft Memorial

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Reference WMO/160190

Address:

St Francis of Assisi Church

Amersham Road

Terriers

High Wycombe

HP13 5AB

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Erected by the parentsof Peter Beecroft. He was a former member of the church choir. His father Philip Beecroft (one-time Town Clerk of High Wycombe) was one of the first Churchwardens of the parish when it was formed in the 1930s. An account of Major Beecroft's death in action can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/33/a4131433.shtml. Major Beecroft is buried in the military cemetery at Raville.
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In proud and loving memory of... killed in action Normandy July 1944 aged 25For some years a member of the choir of this church O true brave heart God bless thee whereso'er in his wide universe thou art today Erected by his parents

Major Peter Philip Beecroft R.A. 76 Highland Field Regiment

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