St Matthew and St Oswald's Church - WW2 Pews

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Second World War (1939-1945)

Ceremony

Dedicated
Date: 16th June 1949
Attended by: UNKNOWN

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

19469

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Current location

St. Matthew & St. Oswald's Church
Lawford Road
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2HR
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 49344 75227
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Wooden pews with a dedicatory wall mounted, framed & glazed, handwritten document giving names of the WW2 fallen. Capital letters of the inscription text are written in red ink, the remainder & names in black ink.

Inscription

The Pews were Dedicated on / The Feast of Corpus Christi - / Thursday June 16th 1949 - / as the Parish Memorial to these / who died in the War 1939 - 45. / (22 Names in two columns)

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Badger, Stanley
Blundy, Walter William
Bray, Frederick
Broughton, Raymond
Brown, John
Cleaver, Percy
Cleton, Peter Victor
Gillett, William
Harris, Norman
Harris, Ronald Gillard
See details for all 22 names

Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename

Components

Pew
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood, Glass, Paper

Listing information

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Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

ST OSWALDS CHURCH

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