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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Blaby
- Town
- Blaby
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37494
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Current location
Blaby Baptist Church
Northfield Road
Blaby
Blaby
Leicestershire
LE8 4GU
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 56924 98024
Denomination: Baptist
- Description
- Wall mounted, landscape orientated nowy-headed backboard supporting a nowy-headed brass plaque with a decorative floral banded border. Engraved wreath within nowy-headed area. Engraved inscription and names infilled with black enamel paint.
- Inscription
- AND THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOR EVER / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO PERPETUATE / THE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE LADS OF THIS CHURCH AND VILLAGE / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / (41 NAMES) / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barrowcliffe, C. H. Ford
Billington, Frank
Canning, Walter
Clark, Alexander H.
Clark, Hubert
Clarkson, Alfred E
Clemerson, Arthur
Dalby, John W
Day, Arthur
Dunn, W Bertie
See details for all 41 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 41
Served and returned: 0
Died: 41
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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