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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- North West Leicestershire
- Town
- Moira, Swadlincote
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37749
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Current location
On internal porch wall,
Wesleyan Reform Church
Donisthorpe Lane
Moira
Swadlincote
North West Leicestershire
Leicestershire
DE12 6AZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 31044 14990
Denomination: Wesleyan
- Description
- Roll of Honour tablet, mounted on internal wall of Church porch. Incised inscription lettering with first letters of each word, infilled in red & remaining lettering in black. The porch was built specifically to form part of the WW1 memorial.
- Inscription
- THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / ROLL OF HONOUR / IN MEMORY OF / VICTORY DIVINELY GIVEN / AND OF SERVICE NOBLY RENDERED / BELOW ARE THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE / WORLD'S GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / (NAMES) / THE ABOVE YOUNG MEN MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / (NAMES) THESE BY THE GRACE OF GOD HAVE RETURNED / MOIRA WESLEYAN REFORM CHURCH
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Wilfred
Alfred, Charles
Baddks, John
Bailey, Charles
Bates, Arthur
Bates, Francis W
Baylist, Herbert
Bind, Fred
Clamp, Francis
Clamp, Thomas
See details for all 60 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 81
Served and returned: 73
Died: 8
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename,place of birth
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Memorial
- 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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