Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Leicester
Town
Leicester
County
Leicestershire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
55015

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Current location

All Saints' Church (The Churches Conservation Trust)
Highcross Street
Leicester
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE1 4PH
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 58266 04842
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
    Frederick Street
    Wigston
    Oadby And Wigston
    Leicestershire
    LE18 1PJ
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SP 60784 99107
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
A wall mounted landscape orientated brass plaque on a wooden backboard. The plaque has a broad decorative foliate border of stars with pattée crosses in each corner. The names are below the main dedication in three columns, all detail and lettering is incised and picked out in black.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND SACRED TO THE/ MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAD PASSED THROUGH THE/ SUNDAY SCHOOL OF THIS CHURCH AND GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918./ (Names)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Barnes, G.
Barratt, A.
Carter, H. A.
Crane, A. E.
Franklin, F.
Gamble, L.
Hall, C.
Lewin, T.
Norman, E. H.
Phipps, J.
See details for all 15 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 15
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 15
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, initials
    Order of information: Surname, initials
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Leicester City, County & Rutland At Risk War Memorials Project
Reference

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