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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
East Hertfordshire
Town
Thorley
County
Hertfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
28788

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Current location

via A1184
ST JAMES CHURCH
Church Lane,
Thorley
East Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
CM23 4BE
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 47610 18846
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
TABLET WITH THREE SLATE PANELS, EACH SEPARATED BY A MOSAIC BORDER OF GOLD AND BLUE COLOURED TILES. THE PEDIMENT FEATURES A GOLD COLOURED RAISED WREATH AROUND A CIRCULAR PATTEE CROSS AT TOP CENTRE. THE DATES ARE EITHER SIDE OF THE WREATH IN GOLD COLOURED LETTERING ON RAISED BANNER MOTIFS. THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SERVED ARE IN WHITE LETTERING IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT PANELS AND THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO DIED ARE LISTED BY DATE OF DEATH IN GOLD LETTERING ON THE CENTRE PANEL. GOLD COLOURED PATTEE CROSSES FLANK EACH DATE OF DEATH.
Inscription
Pediment: 1914 1919 Left panel: (Names) Centre panel: (Names)/ THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE Right panel: (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Akers, James H
Barber, Clifford
Barnes, George B
Baverstock, William
Beney, Frederick H
Bird, Arthur W
Bird, Frank E
Bird, Herbert C
Bradshaw, Albert S
Bradshaw, Harold R
See details for all 99 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 99
    Served and returned: 79
    Died: 20
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, surname,year died, decorations.
    Order of information: Forename, surname, day, month, year died,
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 2000MM, width 1220MM
    Materials: Slate, Stone
  • Mosaic
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Church of England

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