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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
- District
- Reading
- Town
- Reading
- County
- Berkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: C 1920
Attended by: Unknown - Dedicated
Date: C 1920
Attended by: Unknown - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9138
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Current location
On the North Wall of the Church
ST GEORGES CHURCH
St Georges Rd
Reading
Reading
Berkshire
RG30 2RG
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 69053 73739
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Dark Oak reredos with carved surrounds. Inscription has been painted. Regimental flags to either side.
- Inscription
- THE REREDOS OF THIS CHURCH / WAS GIVEN TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF / THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO / LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / (NAMES) / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aldridge, J
Annetts, C G
Attoe, A A
Bacon, P G W
Badcock, A W
Baldwin, W J
Baverstock, C J
Bennett, C
Benning, P A
Berwick, E S
See details for all 97 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 97
Served and returned: 0
Died: 97
Exact count: no
Information shown: Initials, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- First World War memorial
- 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
- Costs
Memorial: Free
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- St. George's PCC
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