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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Melton
- Town
- Great Dalby
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 25th July 1920
Attended by: Harry Bonshor, Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Dedicated
Date: 25th July 1920
Attended by: Rev'd. R.C. Dashwood - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37691
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Current location
Village Green
B6047,
Main Street
Great Dalby
Melton
Leicestershire
LE14 2EX
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 74225 14305
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Four-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned plinth, rectangular sectioned column with Latin cross. Inscriptions on smoothed recessed areas on each plinth face. The whole memorial stands within a small garden, enclosed by a low coursed brick wall surmounted by a metal fence.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face : THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / TO OUR GLORIOUS / DEAD 3 o'clock face : (4 NAMES) 9 o'clock face : (4 NAMES 12 o'clock face : (3 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brown, Cecil
Burrows, John T
Dolby, John T
Green, Alfred
Heriot, George E
Patrick, Arthur
Sharpe, Christopher
Tyers, George W
Warner, Ernest
Warner, Herbert
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank, forename, surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 4670 mm, width 3300 mm
Materials: Granite - Mountsorrel
- Cross
- Listing information
- Great Dalby War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Great Dalby - Cross.
- WMO ID: 86745
- Condition: Good [last updated on 09-10-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1992 - DESCRIBED AS RECENTLY CLEANED, REPOINTED AND RELETTERED
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM1779 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=36
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