Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North West Leicestershire
- Town
- Belton, Loughborough
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 38160
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Current location
Set into Churchyard wall,
St. John the Baptist Churchyard
Vicarage Lane
Belton
Loughborough
North West Leicestershire
Leicestershire
LE12 9UG
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 44752 20803
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Landscape orientated incised slate inscription tablet supported at its base by a stone lintel, all set into Churchyard wall. Gold coloured lettering. Two name columns & a further three-worded inscription are each decoratively enclosed by incised straight lines & curves, infilled with gold coloured paint. A three-stepped rectangular base with cross is mounted immediately above tablet, on top of wall. Incised inscription lettering infilled with black paint.
- Inscription
- Cross : ihs / IN / MEMORIAM. Wall tablet : THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO THE GLORY OF GOD, / AND IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. / 1914 - 1918 / FAITHFUL / UNTO / DEATH / (2 columns of 5 NAMES in each)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barnes, Harry
Beccles, Samuel
Burton, Frederick
Hickling, Joseph
Knight, William
Rose, John
Thacker, Thomas
Turner, Alec James
Wakefield, John
Woulidge, Leonard B.
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, year died, regiment, forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 600 mm, width 1200 mm
Materials: Slate - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
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 - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
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