Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Blaby
- Town
- Sharnford, Hinckley
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 20th March 1920
Attended by: Major Griffiths DSO - Dedicated
Date: 20th March 1920
Attended by: Unknown - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37489
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Current location
St. Helen's Churchyard
Leicester Road
Sharnford
Hinckley
Blaby
Leicestershire
LE10 3PP
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 48345 91908
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Two-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned plinth, moulded capstone with tapering rectangular sectioned obelisk. Incised inscriptions and names on plinth.
- Inscription
- Front plinth face : In Loving Memory of the / Men who fell in the Great War / 1914 - 1918 / (13 NAMES) / " THEIR MEMORY LIVETH EVERMORE. " / ECCLES 44 14 Right plinth face : In Loving Memory of / those who gave their lives / in the Second World War / 1939 - 45 / (5 NAMES) / THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT. / ECCLES.44.V.13
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aldridge, I. L.
Bason, A. T.
Brown, T E
Brown, W. H.
Faulks, Thomas
Good, S.
Grooms, G
Harris, P. C.
Heath, Dennis Graham
Hubbard, J.
See details for all 18 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename initials, surname, regiment
Order of information: Rank, surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: depth 750 mm, width 750 mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- Sharnford War Memorial
- 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
- Sharnford : WW1, WW2 Obelisk.
- WMO ID: 227716
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 08-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Leicester Daily Post - Friday 26 March 1920 SHARNFORD Monument to the Fallen.
- Historic England -1464498 historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1464498
- Leicester Evening Mail - Friday 26 March 1920 COUNTY AND GENERAL.
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