Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North West Leicestershire
- Town
- Blackfordby
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MORIA (Mason)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14824
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Current location
St. Margaret's Church
Main Street
Blackfordby
North West Leicestershire
Leicestershire
DE11 8AB
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 33046 18133
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Corbelled marble tablet with base shelf, surmounted by a nowy-headed pediment, attached to a wall mounted dark marble backboard. Incised inscription infilled in black paint with specific letters in red paint. Within the pediment in relief is a centrally located crown surmounted by a cross & encircled with a wreath.
- Inscription
- Pediment : 1914 1919 / Tablet : TO THE GLORY OF GOD and in Sacred Memory of / the men of this Parish who gave their lives / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919. / (28 NAMES in two columns) / Base shelf : FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adcock, C
Ames, J. S. J.
Bloor, J
Bradbury, C R
Buckley, F C
Cash, H W
Cook, J
Fairbrother, G
Gent, W H
Hall, L
See details for all 28 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 28
Served and returned: 0
Died: 28
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename initials, surname
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- St. Margaret's Church
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