Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Chapel or Church: Restoration or extension
- District
- Mid Bedfordshire
- Town
- Meppershall
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1656
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Current location
ST MARYS CHURCH
Church Road
Meppershall
Mid Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
SG17 5NA
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 13459 35896
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- RESTORATION OF CHAPEL WITHIN THE CHURCH
- Inscription
- THIS ANCIENT CHAPEL WAS RESTORED / TO USE BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS PARISH / IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE / WAR OF 1939-1945, AND IN THANKFULNESS / TO ALMIGHTY GOD FOR ALL / THOSE WHO RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES / AND TO WORSHIP HERE / 1948 / WITH PROUD THANKSGIVING REMEBER / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Butcher, William P
Dilley, Kenneth B
Lumsdaine, E Roy
Marriott, Clive F
Pettifor, Basil R
Stapleton, Kenneth W
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 580MM, width 400MM
Materials: Stone - Chapel
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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
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