Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Harborough
Town
Foxton
County
Leicestershire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
55402

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Current location

Church on corner of Main St
/ Swingbridge St,
St. Andrew's Church
Main Street
Foxton
Harborough
Leicestershire
LE16 7RD
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 69902 89752
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Single white rectangular parchment sheet, mounted vertically behind glass and surrounded by wooden frame. Extremely elaborate penmanship on parchment and comprises slim border of black and white, followed by wider multi coloured border band showing leaves, a sword to either side, 1914 to the extreme top and 1919 to the bottom. At the top of the field enclosed by the band is a yellow blank rectangle, the words Roll of Honour are beneath this in another deliniated rectangle, the initial letter T being heavily embroidered. This is followed by another small blank rectangle and below this is the biblical dedication and a list of ten names in two columns within an outlined rectangle, this lettering being in black and red. Below this is an area of plain yellow with a rectangle of white at its centre, this white rectangle shows a single column of names which are lettered in black only.
Inscription
The Roll of Honour/ Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his Friends. St John (...)/ (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bootheway, John A
Brown, Archibald H
Brown, Clarence
Brown, Silvester
Brown, T C
Cryer, Ernest
Deacon, G Arthur R
Deacon, I Leonard
Deacon, William N
Downes, Charles
See details for all 43 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 43
    Served and returned: 33
    Died: 10
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Parchment
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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