Memorial Details
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Memorial
Drill Hall Major Badcock 1915
Reference
S131.19
Place
SPENNYMOOR
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
The plaque was unveiled by Lieut.Col. G.H. ?Stobart, CBE., DSO, commanding the 6th D.L.I. Dedicated by Rev. H.G.E. ?Suddes, Chaplain to the Battalion.
Memorial Description
Former Drill Hall, renamed in Major Badcock’s memory.
There is a plaque which tells of the dedication.
There is a plaque which tells of the dedication.
Materials used
Brass plaque on oak pattress.
Inscription
This hall is named the Badcock Drill Hall in memory of Major S. Badcock, 6th Battalion D.L.I.who fell in action near Ypres, April 26th 1915.
Names
See above
Who commissioned
6th Battalion D.L.I.
Notes
1. At the ceremony a silver bugle was presented to the battalion by Mr. F.E. Badcock, father of Major Badcock, on behalf of Captain Walter Badcock, brother of Major Badcock.
2. Major Badcock is remembered at Bishop Auckland on B140.01, B140.05, B140.12 and B140.14
2. Major Badcock is remembered at Bishop Auckland on B140.01, B140.05, B140.12 and B140.14
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Auckland and County Gazette 19/04/1923 reports ceremony.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall
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