Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Shrine
- District
- Rutland
- Town
- Uppingham
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), VC or GC Recipients
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 16 October 1921
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Southampton
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 58388
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Current location
School chapel
Uppingham School
High Street
Uppingham
Rutland
Leicestershire
LE15 9QE
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 86457 99674
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A peace shrine with lead dome, a mosaic floor, a painted roof and wooden angels looking down on the names of over 400 Uppingham boys who fell in the war.
- Inscription
- (Unknown)/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 447
Served and returned: 0
Died: 447
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, additional.
Order of information: Undefined - VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Shrine
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Lead, Mosaic, Wood
- Shrine
- Listing information
- Uppingham School, Chapel
- Grade II*
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- In 1921 there were 447 names, but there were subsequent erasures and additions.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- Yes
Purpose: There was a fund for children who had lost their fathers. - Reference
- War Memorials in Leicestershire WMP 1204; WMP 1203
- The Chapel is listed GradeII*
- Local Publication/Booklet pp.147-8. Bryan Matthews:' By God's Grace: a history of Uppingham School (Maidstone, 1984). Refers to amendments to the list of names.
- Buildings of England series by Various 'Leicestershire and Rutland' 2nd ed. (1984) p.516
- BRITISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAR MEMORIALS by KERNOT, C F Pp. 116-8. Source: Image Library NIWM Published:ROBERTS AND NEWTON 1927 LONDON The service roll contained nearly 3000 names.
- The Kings England Series by Mee, Arthur 'Leicestershire and Rutland ' pp.281-2
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