Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Leicester
- Town
- Leicester
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 50804
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Current location
St. Margaret's Church
St. Margaret's Way
Leicester
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE1 3EB
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 58546 05093
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Book of Remembrance, in wooden case, inscription in gold 1914 REMEMBER 1918
- Inscription
- Two columns of Names, both headed : NAME REGIMENT WHERE GIVEN / (NAMES) / Beneath Names : FRIENDS OF THE DEAD, IN FRAGRANT MEMORY KEEP / THEIR NAMES, THE HARVEST OF WHOSE DEATH YOU REAP; / FOR ONLY WITH A WORLD MORE WORTHY MADE / BY US SHALL THEIR GREAT SACRIFICE BE PAID.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Samuel
Addison, Andrew
Addison, F
Allard, James
Arcott, Albert Edward
Arney, A
Ashwell, Frederick J
Barnes, Thomas
Barness, Harry
Barnfield, Wm Alfred
See details for all 199 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 202
Served and returned: 0
Died: 202
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname,regiment,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Book
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper - Bookcase
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood, Glass
- Book
- 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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