Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sundial
- District
- Harborough
- Town
- Lubenham
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 24th April 1920
Attended by: Lieutenant-Colonel, the Honourable G. F. Stanley, GCMG. MP. - Dedicated
Date: 24th April 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37384
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Current location
Corner of Main St. & The Green
Main Street
Lubenham
Harborough
Leicestershire
LE16 9TF
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 70628 87394
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Roadside corner plot with a garden/grassed area and several steps leading up to memorial consisting of a seven-stepped square base surmounted by a square-footed, tapering octagonal sectioned column and small sundial with finial. Incised inscriptions and names on No's. 1, 2, 3 and 4 step faces counting from top. Inscriptions and names text infilled with black paint.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock, four step faces counting from top - Step 1: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / Step 2; TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / OF 1914 - 1918 FROM THIS PARISH / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / Step 3: ALSO TO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 / Step 4: FOR OUR TOMORROW / THEY GAVE THEIR / TODAY // 3 and 9 o'clock, No.2 step faces: (16 NAMES - WW1) // 3 and 9 o'clock, No.3 step faces: (6 NAMES - WW2) // No.4 step face: (1 NAME - WW2)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cheney, Benjamin
Cockerill, Edward
Cockerill, George
Durant, Robert
Freer, Arthur
Goode, Percy
Green, Thomas
Haddon, Joseph
Hammond, John Edwin
Hardy, Jack
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, initials, surname
Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname
Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Detail
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Memorial
Measurements: height c 3825 mm, width c 2400 mm
Materials: Stone
- Detail
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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