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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- East Northamptonshire
- Town
- Wakerley, Oakham
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14933
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Current location
St. John the Baptist Churchyard
Lychgate. (Churches Conservation Trust)
Main Street
Wakerley
Oakham
East Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
LE15 8PA
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 95721 99234
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Stone and brick built, arched lychgate and roof, with slate tablets set into buttress stonework either side of gated entrance to Churchyard. Left hand tablet lists wounded and served people, the right hand tablet lists the fallen.
- Inscription
- Right tablet : " THE GATE OF / REMEMBRANCE" / fallen / (6 names ) Left tablet, 1st. column : Wounded / (5 names) / Served : (3 names) - Continuing into 2nd. column : Served / (9 names) / centre bottom : (1 name).
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 18
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials, rank
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick, Stone
- Gate
- 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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