Memorial details

Memorial type
Hall / Institute
District
Stratford On Avon
Town
Bishops Itchington
County
Warwickshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Opened
    Date: 5th August 1921
    Attended by: Brigadier General Pitman;
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
19223

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Current location

Memorial Hall
Fisher Road
Bishops Itchington
Stratford On Avon
Warwickshire
CV47 2RE
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 39050 57781
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
1). Wall mounted landscape orientated polished granite tablet on front of building. Incised inscription, no names. / 2). Wall mounted, framed and glazed Roll of Honour document within the Memorial Hall.
Inscription
External tablet : IN / MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914 - 1918 / AND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 / "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, / That A Man Lay Down His Life / For His Friends." // Internal Roll of Honour: FOR / KING AND COUNTRY / Their Name Liveth For Evermore / BISHOPS ITCHINGTON / Roll of Honour / To the Men who made the Great Sacrifice / 1914 - 1918 / (18 Names) / 1939 -1945 / (3 Names) PRESENTED / -BY- / S.H.SODEN / 1948
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Beesley, John
Blackford, Wilfred
Coleman, John
Eaton, Donald Frank
Gubbins, Joseph
Higgerson, William
Holder, Alfred Henry
Holland, Edward
Humphries, James
Mann, Reuben
See details for all 20 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 18
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 18
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename, initial, surname
    Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename, initial, surname
    Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
Listing information
Condition
History
Original bronze plaque re-sited in the Church.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser - Saturday 13 August 1921 Bishop's Itchington Tribute to the fallen. / Opening of the War Memorial Hall.

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