Rupert Brooke blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Rupert Brooke poet & soldier 1887-1915 lived and wrote at The Orchard 1909-1911, and at The Old Vicarage 1911-1912 Recorded plaque organisation: British Plaque Trust.

Rupert Brooke was a renowned English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets; he died during World War I while en route to the Gallipoli Campaign, becoming an iconic figure of the early war period.