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Memorial details

Memorial type
Panelling
District
East Northamptonshire
Town
Thrapston, Kettering
County
Northamptonshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: C 1920
    Attended by: Unknown
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
14929

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Current location

St. James' Church
Oundle Road
Thrapston
Kettering
East Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
NN14 4NP
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 99702 78702
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Wall mounted wooden panelling with inscriptions in each panel section.
Inscription
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN / OF THRAPSTON WHO DIED FOR KING / AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 THIS REREDOS AND THIS / (...) WERE ERECTED AD 1920 ROLL OF HONOUR; WE MOURN - THOUGH PRIDE IS MINGLED WITH OUR TEARS - OUR BEST AND BRAVEST, SOME HAD MADE A NAME ON OTHER FIELDS, AND SOME WERE NEW TO FAME NONE HAD PASSED THE SPRINGTIME OF THEIR LIVES. A TRAGIC WASTE! TO THOSE THE VISION CAME THAT THEY SHOULD LAY THEIR LIVES DOWN FOR THEIR FRIENDS; AND SHALL NOT WE SURVIVING DO THE SAME? FOR SELFISHNESS AND MALICE MAKE AMENDS AND LIVE FOR OTHERS, NOW PEACE COMES AGAIN, AS THESE MEN DID? OR HAVE THEY DIED IN VAIN? (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 37
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 37
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 11
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 11
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Panelling
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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