Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Daventry
- Town
- Overstone
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 38117
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Current location
off Sywell road,
St. Nicholas' Church
Church Way
Overstone
Daventry
Northamptonshire
NN6 0AG
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 80556 66080
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall mounted stone tablet with nowy-headed pediment supported by two columns. Inscription in black lettering.
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET/ WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF OVERSTONE/ IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO LAID/ DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1919/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arage, J
Arthur, R
Arthur, W
Aspinal, J P
Aspinal, L
Chaplin, G?
Clarke, A O
Clarke, G R
Clarke, W G
Clayson, A
See details for all 43 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename,decorations
Order of information: surname,forename,decorations,regiment
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height c 900 mm, width c 1200 mm
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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 - Responsibility
- St. Nicholas Church
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