NAM.1993-02-266-1

Memorial plaque to Sgt Maj Robert George Erridge, 8th (City of London) Bn London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), killed at Passchendaele on 30 Oct 1917, 1917 (c). Hand-painted marble and ceramic tiles with a wooden backing board; at top, scene from the Western Front of a calvary, stunted trees and grave crosses; text below hand-painted in sepia. Inscribed: ‘IN EVER LOVING MEMORY/ OF ROBERT G. ERRIDGE/ SGT. MAJ. 8TH LONDON REGT/ POST OFFICE RIFLES/ WHO FELL IN ACTION AT/ PASSCHENDAELE 30TH OCT/ 1917/ If I should die think only this/ of me, that there is some/ corner of a foreign field/ which is for ever England’

Ypres, 3rd Battle of (Passchendaele), 1917 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)