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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: South Northamptonshire
Town: Towcester
County: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Commemoration: Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 15045

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Current location

St. Lawrences Church
Chantry Lane
Towcester
South Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
NN12 6YY
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 69401 48710
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Wall mounted, landscape orientated square shouldered tablet with a contoured, decorative moulded-edge border. Incised inscription infilled in black, cross at top centre infilled in red.

Inscription

1939 - 1945 / WITH PROUD THANKSGIVING / LET US REMEMBER THOSE WHO IN THE / SECOND GREAT WAR / WENT FORTH FROM THIS PARISH / AND DID NOT RETURN / (Names) / " GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Blackwell, Richard
Boyce, Kenneth Arthur
Bushell, Ralph Wells
Clapton, Albert Edward
Coleman, Joseph Herbert
Furness, Harold
Gardner, Sidney Thomas
Hallybone, Frederick Sidney
Jackson Stops, William Heygate
Johnson, Joseph Inkerman
See details for all 11 names

Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Surname

Components

Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone

Listing information

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Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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