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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wychavon
- Town
- Bredon
- County
- Hereford And Worcester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 32191
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Current location
ST GILES CHURCH
Church Street
Bredon
Wychavon
Hereford And Worcester
GL20 7LF
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 92000 37000
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- TWO PLAQUES WITH LINKED INSCRIPTIONS
- Inscription
- (PLAQUE 1) TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND LOVING REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN OF BREDON, WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES) "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS" ST JOHN 15:13 (PLAQUE 2) AND ALSO OF THOSE WHO IN A LIKE TIME OF NEED/ / MADE THE SAME SACRIFICE/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adderley, The Honourable Humphrey
Arnold, Sam
Bennett, Frank
Bennett, Hugh D
Clapham, Walter
Collett, Albert H
Collins, John
Cook, Harry
Cotton, W James
Daffurn, Alexander
See details for all 47 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 37
Served and returned: 0
Died: 37
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: regiment,surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass, Bronze
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- St Giles Church WWI
- WMO ID: 165781
- Condition: Good [last updated on 06-01-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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