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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Harborough
- Town
- Great Bowden, Market Harborough
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 21st March 1948
Attended by: Rt Hon Lord Cromwell. D.S.O.,M.C., D.L., JP.
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 55037
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Current location
Internal east wall,
Village Hall
The Green
(Dingley Road)
Great Bowden
Market Harborough
Harborough
Leicestershire
LE16 7EU
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 74518 88813
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Great Bowden Congregational Chapel
Great Bowden
Harborough
Leicestershire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Congregational
- Great Bowden Congregational Chapel
- Description
- White alabaster tablet mounted in a surround of pale brown marble. The whole is enclosed in a wooden and glass display case and wall mounted. Names in four columns separated by gold edging.
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET/ IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR./ 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."/ ECCLUS. XLIV 14
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 44
Served and returned: 0
Died: 44
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname, forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height c 700mm, width c 900mm
Materials: Alabaster - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Brown - Case
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood, Glass
- 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
- Great Bowden - WW1 Tablet.
- WMO ID: 70616
- Condition: Good [last updated on 20-10-2019]
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- History
- The memorial was removed from the chapel in 2003, however it was not re-erected until Februray 2007. In this time it was fully restored and cleaned by Mr Alf Herbert, a retired monumental mason and a resident of Great Bowden.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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