Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Hinckley And Bosworth
- Town
- Desford
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 67864
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Current location
St. Martin's Church
Main Street
Desford
Hinckley And Bosworth
Leicestershire
LE9 9JP
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 47869 03474
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Inscribed marble tablet with Latin Cross centred at the top within a pointed stone arch.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE FOLLOWING MEN WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919./ (Names)/ "THEY LIE DEAD IN MANY LANDS/ SO THAT/ YOU MAY LIVE HERE IN PEACE."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble, Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST MARTIN
- 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
- 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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