Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Hinckley And Bosworth
- Town
- Thornton
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37583
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Current location
Mounted above a window
formerly the main entrance doorway,
Thornton Primary School
Main Street
Thornton
Hinckley And Bosworth
Leicestershire
LE67 1AH
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 46418 07919
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Landscape orientated marble tablet built into the wall above a former doorway (now a window) at front of school. Upper inscription section in relief. Incised inscription lettering on left, centre & right tablet sections. Metal band-like wreath in relief, draped across top & part of each side of tablet.
- Inscription
- Upper tablet section : IN PERPETUAL HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THORNTON / WHO SERVED KING AND COUNTRY 1914 - 1918 Left & right sections : (52 NAMES - Served) Centre section : IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR (9 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Attfield, A. D.
Bailey, L
Bailey, W
Bancroft, B
Bancroft, C
Bennett, R
Brown, A B
Brown, T H
Clarke, L
Cooper, G E
See details for all 60 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 61
Served and returned: 52
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials, surname
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 1350 mm, width 3500 mm
Materials: Marble - Grey
- Tablet
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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