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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Daventry
- Town
- Daventry
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: June 1917
Attended by: Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 38112
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Current location
Holy Cross Church
Church Walk
Daventry
Daventry
Northamptonshire
NN11 4BL
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 57497 62576
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall mounted, apex-headed, portrait orientated wooden board with dedicatory brass plaque placed at base & names on a brass plaque in centre. Other inscriptions in white painted lettering. Figure of Christ on a cross in the centre of board.
- Inscription
- FOR GOD, KING & COUNTRY./ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ DAVENTRY ROLL OF HONOUR AUG 1914 TO AUG 1919/ (NAMES)/ THE HEROIC DEAD/ ERECTED BY A FEW TOWNSMEN/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS BOROUGH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ UNVEILED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF/ THE COUNTY (THE EARL SPENCER KG)/ JUNE 1917
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ainge, James
Anderson, G E
Arnull, C T
Bailey, C J
Bailey, W E
Baker, W J
Bannard, Ths
Barnes, Frank
Bateman, H
Bateman, W T
See details for all 114 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 114
Served and returned: 0
Died: 114
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 1200 mm, width 520 mm
Materials: Wood - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Board
- 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
- Daventry Borough - WW1
- WMO ID: 86340
- Condition: Good [last updated on 26-09-2019]
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- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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