Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Lamp or lighting
- District
- Forest Of Dean
- Town
- Mitcheldean
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 32248
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Current location
17
ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH
High Street
Mitcheldean
Forest Of Dean
Gloucestershire
GL17 0HP
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 66370 18600
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- CHURCH LIGHTING WITH BRASS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO FROM THIS PARISH / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-45/ ELECTRIC LIGHT/ WAS INSTALLED IN THIS CHURCH / BY THE PARISHIONERS / AS A TOKEN OF/ PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE / WHO DIED THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE/ (8 NAMES IN TWO COLUMNS) / AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bennett, E W
Burns, M W
Hardy, D
Marshall, P J
Page, L G
Sleeman, F K T
Smith, H T
Streatfield, R J F
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials
Order of information: Surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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
- WW2 Memorial Church Electric Lighting
- WMO ID: 262007
- Condition: Good [last updated on 19-02-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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