Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Harborough
Town
Husbands Bosworth
County
Leicestershire
Country
England
Commemoration
English Civil Wars (1642-1651), First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
55408

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Current location

East wall of north aisle,
All Saints' Church
High Street
Husbands Bosworth
Harborough
Leicestershire
LE17 6LU
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 64458 84380
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Wooden board contained within an ornate, wooden frame. The frame features 4 heraldic shields - the one middle right being the Royal Standard - and religious imagery: its two sides are topped by gilt spikes. The lettering on the central board is also in gilt and it is bordered by a Latin phrase/motto. Capt A K Shenton's Military Cross is said to be attached to memorial (but it is unclear from the image where) and two swords are said to be buried within church, one belonging to John Shenton, Captain of Cavalry in the Royalist Army, and the other to Austin Shenton, his descendent, of the Royal Engineers and who was killed in the last months of WW1.
Inscription
QUIRQUID NOTUIT FERIT QUIRQUID HABUIT DEDIT IS QUI PLUS POTEST PRAEREDIT IN REGNUM / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / JOHN SHENTON / CAPTAIN OF CAVALRY IN THE ROYALIST ARMY / WHO FOUGHT AT NASEBY (1645) & WORCESTER (1651) / AND IS BURIED AT BARWELL / 1612-1699 / HIS SWORD RESTS HERE / ALSO OF / AUSTIN KIRK SHENTON MC / OF THE IXTH GENERATION FROM THE ABOVE / CAPTAIN IN HIS MAJESTY'S CORPS OF ENGINEERS / WHO FOUGHT AT LOOS (1915) THE SOMME (1916) / ARRAS (1917) CAMBRAI (1917) MONTDIDIER (1918) / AND IS BURIED AT GROVY NEAR AMIENS / 1895-1918 / HIS SWORD RESTS HERE / TO ALL WHO KNOW HIM, MOST LOVING AND BELOVED / AS A SOLDIER, HIS FELLOW-SOLDIERS WRITE FROM THE FIELD / "A MOST GALLANT / OFFICER" / HE LIVED A / SPLENDID LIFE" / "HE DIDN'T KNOW / WHAT FEAR WAS" / "HIS COMPANY WAS / IN SPLENDID ORDER" /
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Shenton, Austin Kirk
Shenton, John
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • English Civil Wars (1642-1651)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • The Kings England Series by Mee, Arthur 86
  • Other website http://Husbands Bosworth - WAR MEMORIAL

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