Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
North West Leicestershire
Town
Snarestone
County
Leicestershire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
MESSRS WELLS AND CO OF LEICESTERSHIRE (Sculptor)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 26th February 1920
    Attended by: COL GERMAN DSO
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
14842

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Current location

50 metres east of Quarry Lane junction,
Memorial Garden
Main Street
Snarestone
North West Leicestershire
Leicestershire
DE12 7DB
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 34585 09337
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Small Memorial Garden containing a three-stepped, eight-sided base surmounted by a rectangular sectioned tapering rough-hewn plinth, rectangular sectioned tapering rough-hewn shaft with wheel cross. Incised inscription on recessed smoothed front face of plinth, black lettering. A separate stone step, sited at the entrance to the memorial's forecourt, bears an incised inscription, lettering also in black.
Inscription
Plinth : + / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING / MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918, / (7 NAMES) / "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." Memorial Garden forecourt step : A PLACE OF REMEMBRANCE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Glover, Joseph
Pare, Frederick Thomas
Redfern, Joseph William
Ridgway, John Henry
Turner, William
Watt, James
Wilson, Sam
See details for all 7 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 7
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 7
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename
    Order of information: surname, forename
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: depth 1950 mm, height 2850 mm, width 2150 mm
    Materials: Granite
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Steps
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • Snarestone War Memorial
  • Grade II
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
History
c 1993: PROPOSAL BY THE PARISH COUNCIL TO CLEAN MEMORIAL AND REPLANT GROUNDS TO THEIR ORIGINAL CONDITION
Costs

Site: £75

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public

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