Memorial details

Memorial type
Clock or clock tower
District
North Warwickshire
Town
Austrey
County
Warwickshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
19041

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Current location

Mounted on wall in clock tower,
St. Nicholas' Church
Church Lane
Austrey
North Warwickshire
Warwickshire
CV9 3EE
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 29572 06286
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Tower mounted clock & associated two-corbelled tablet attached to a wall mounted, landscape orientated backboard. Tablet consists of an apex-headed pediment incorporating a horizontal moulded lower edge, below which, is the inscription plane & moulded-edge base shelf. Incised inscriptions infilled in black including year dates in tympanum.
Inscription
Tablet, tympanum : 1914 + 1919 Tablet, inscription : TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / MEN OF AUSTREY / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. / THE CLOCK IN THIS TOWER WAS ERECTED. / (6 NAMES) / (1 NAME) 1939/45 / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Arnold, Richard C.
Chadwick, T Harold
Hall, Ralph
King, H. W. T. Louis
Mear, Walter C.
Paget, W. H.
Price, Thomas
See details for all 7 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 6
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 6
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forenames
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, service
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Clock
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Family Tree Magazine 89/August 2013 Ref is to a letter from Chairman of Nuneaton and N Warwickshire FHS who are trying to locate all WW1 memorials in the area and list them on their website - www.nnwfhs.org.uk - for all to see (photocopy in file)

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