Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Town
- Leek
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51201
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Current location
All Saints Church
Compton (a520)
Leek
Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 985 562
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- VERY LARGE WOODEN BOARD DIVIDED INTO PANELLED SECTION. PAINTING PLACED IN THE CENTRE OF THE BOARD. THE PAINTING SHOWS A FEMALE FIGURE AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. THEY HOLD BASKETS FROM WHICH THEY ARE TAKING UT FLOWERS AND STREWING THEM ONTO THE GROUND. BEHIND THEM STAND SOLDIERS AND MOUNTED CAVALRY WITH FLAGS OF THE ALLIES HELD ALOFT.
- Inscription
- CENTRAL SECTION: TO THE HONOUR OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS/ CHURCH & DISTRICT/ WHO AT THE CALL OF THIER COUNTRY/ WENT FORTH (...)/ RIGHT LIBERTY & THE DEFENCE OF THEIR HOMELAND REST OF THE BOARD: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height C 8FT
Materials: Wood
- Board
- Listing information
- PARISH CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- All Saints Church and District WW1 Board
- WMO ID: 264194
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-09-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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