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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Oadby And Wigston
- Town
- Wigston Magna
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37745
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Current location
Roundabout junction of Bushloe End & Moat Street,
All Saints Church
Bushloe End
Wigston Magna
Oadby And Wigston
Leicestershire
LE18 2BA
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 60404 98686
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Churchyard ground mounted, large wooden frame, housing three portrait orientated Roll of Honour inscription boards, above which, are rear-sloping, hooded shoulders & a hooded central gable. A wooden cross is mounted on the upper middle section of the centre board. The whole memorial board is held firm by means of metal ground support bars at the rear. Inscription & names in black on a white background.
- Inscription
- Left & right panels : (104 NAMES) Centre panel : (22 NAMES) / Lord, all Pitying, Jesu Blest / Grant Them Thine Eternal Rest.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abell, Albert A.
Agar, Arthur
Bailey, Percy
Barnes, George
Barnes, George
Barrett, A
Baxter, Harold E.
Beattie, William
Bennett, Hector
Bennett, Walter
See details for all 126 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 126
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Frame
- 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
- All Saints Church Wigston Magna window
- WMO ID: 255798
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 29-01-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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