Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Shelter
- District
- Northampton
- Town
- Ecton
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 32811
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Current location
Roadside
junction of Wellingborough Road & Northampton Road,
Ecton War Memorial
Wellingborough Road
Ecton
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN6 0QH
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 82732 63733
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Seven steps from the pavement lead up to a stone-built roofed shelter with wrought iron gate at entrance. Dedicatory wooden name boards are within the shelter to either side of a crucifix with a figure of Christ upon it, the crucifix having a dedicatory board below it. Inscriptions on boards are in gold coloured painted lettering. Cross at the apex of roof.
- Inscription
- Beam : 1917 Board 1 : ECTON NOT UNMINDFUL OF YOUR CHARITY FOR THE SOULS/ OF THESE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR YOU/ REST ETERNAL/ GRANT THEM O LORD AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE ON THEM Boards 2 & 3 : ROLL OF HONOUR / (9 NAMES ON EACH) Below the crucifix: REST ETERNAL/ GRANT THEM O LORD AND LET/ LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE ON THEM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brown, Frank
Brown, Sidney O A
Dexter, Samuel
Elson, Ralph E
Garley, John Thomas
Hensman, Edgar H
Hensman, Horace A
Johnson, Harry Lionel
Jolley, Ernest J
Jolley, Frederick W
See details for all 18 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname
Order of information: Random
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height c900mm, width c300mm
Materials: Wood - Shelter
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Board
- Listing information
- Ecton War Memorial Shrine
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- 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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