Woodward Plaque
Details:
On the interior wall of the church, on the right side as you walk in.
Plaque
A marble plaque with French text honoring Henry Howard Houston Woodward, WWI US aviator killed in the area. His family donated the clock and a bell to the church in his memory.
Monument Text:
L'HORLOGE ET LA DEUXIEME CLOCHE DE L'EGLISE
ONT ETE DONNEES EN MEMOIRE DE HENRY HOWARD
HOUSTON WOODWARD, NE A PHILADELPHIE ETATS UNIS
LE 27 FEVRIER 1896. IL VINT EN FRANCE AU MOIS
DE FEVRIER 1917 POUR SERVIR DANS L'AMBULANCE
AMERICAINE AVEC L'ARMEE FRANCAISE.
PUIS ENGAGE VOLUNTAIRE DE L'ARMEE FRANCAISE
MEMBRE DU LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS PILOTE DE
CHASSE A L'ESCADRILLE SPAD 94. IL EST TOMBE
EN COMBAT AERIEN SUR LE TERRITOIRE DE CETTE
COMMUNE LE 1 AVRIL 1918. SON CORPS REPOSE AU
CIMITIERE AMERICAINE DE SURESNES SEINE.
AGNEU DE DIEU
QUI EFFACEZ LES PECHES DU MONDE
DONNEZ NOUS LA PAIX
English translation:
The clock and second bell of the church were donated in memory of Henry Howard Houston Woodward, born in Philadelphia, United States, on 27 February 1896. I came to France in the month of February 1917 to serve in the American Ambulances with the French Army. He then voluntarily enlisted in the French Army as a member of the Lafayette Flying Corps as a fighter pilot in Spad Squadron 94. He fell in aerial combat on the grounds of this town on 1 April 1918. His body rests in the Suresnes American Cemetery. Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world grant us peace.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
American Volunteer Group
Lafayette Escadrille
Wars:
WWI
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