Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Charnwood
- Town
- Woodhouse Eaves
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14799
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Current location
St. Paul's Churchyard
Church Hill
Woodhouse Eaves
Charnwood
Leicestershire
LE12 8RT
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 53194 14087
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Shrine, built of granite blocks with sandstone hood & small cross at apex, located just within Churchyard perimeter wall, facing road. Attached to front face of Shrine is a nowy-headed metal plaque with a cross enclosed by a wreath, all in relief at centre top. Raised inscription lettering below. Decorative border in relief. Beneath the plaque, mounted on an integral stone buttress is a sandstone flower planter with inscription in relief. To the left, a figure of a Angel in a sitting position, overlooks the planter. The Churchyard wall lowers in height at front of Shrine to allow a better view. The plaque replaces WMP1298 which used to be sited here.
- Inscription
- Plaque : † / TO THIS SHRINE, THE GIFT OF B.H.C. FOX / OF MAPLEWELL, WAS ATTACHED A / TRYPTICH CONTAINING THE ROLL OF ALL / THOSE WHO WENT FROM THIS PARISH / TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY AT HOME AND / ABROAD DURING THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THIS TRYPTICH HAVING BEEN REMOVED / THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO MADE THE / SUPREME SACRIFICE / ARE RECORDED HERE / (34 NAMES) / " MAY THEY REST IN PEACE " On flower planter in front of Shrine : THEIR NAMES ARE LONG/ HEARD IN THE FUTURE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adkin, George
Adkin, Stanley
Allen, Charles E
Allen, David
Anderson, C A K
Angrave, Edwin
Ayers, Walter
Baker, William
Baker, William Vincent
Clarke, Hilary
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 34
Served and returned: 0
Died: 34
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of information: surname, forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Shrine
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Shrine
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Shrine
- 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
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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