Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Daventry
Town
Kilsby
County
Northamptonshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
14990

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Current location

St. Faith's Church
Church Walk
Kilsby
Daventry
Northamptonshire
CV23 8YB
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 56320 71136
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
WW1, wall mounted portrait orientated, round-headed bronze plaque with inscription & names in relief. Laurel wreath in relief, enclosing a cross, also in relief, at top centre of plaque. "PRO PATRIA" in relief on banner scroll below wreath. Wall mounted, landscape orientated WW2 bronze plaque placed immediately beneath WW1 plaque. Both plaques are decoratively edged with a raised dual-line border, within which, are spaced floral-headed buttons.
Inscription
WW1 upper plaque : PRO + PATRIA / IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY / OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THIS / PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THE RIGHT, FREEDOM AND HONOUR / 1914-1919 / (15 NAMES) / "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH" / WW2 lower plaque : 1939 -1945 / (7 NAMES) / "THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bach, Vaughan C. S.
Beach, Alfred E.
Clarke, Percy
Conopo, William
Croft, Richard J.
Cumming, Charles
Ellard, William
Emery, Douglas R.
Green, Edward
Griffith, Harold E.
See details for all 22 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 15
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 15
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,forename
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 7
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 7
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Plaques
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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