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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Daventry
Town
Spratton
County
Northamptonshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
70637

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Current location

Lady Chapel,
St. Andrew's Church
Brixworth Road
Spratton
Daventry
Northamptonshire
NN6 8HH
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 71775 70097
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Landscape orientated, grey mottled-stone tablet attached to a similar grey mottled-stone wall mounted panel. Incised inscription infilled with black paint.
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF / SECOND LIEUT. ARTHUR WRIGHT BOSWORTH / AND / LIEUT. PHILIP CHARLES WORTHINGTON BOSWORTH / (BOTH OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGT. 8TH. BATTN.) / TWIN SONS OF THOMAS JONES BOSWORTH OF THIS PARISH. / BORN AT CADEBY HALL LEICESTERSHIRE, JUNE 9 1885 / AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR THEY RETURNED FROM / DISTANT LANDS TO SERVE THE EMPIRE AND THEIR KING / THEY DIED GLORIOUSLY IN THE BATTLE OF LOOS, SEPT. 26 1915 / THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN. / MAY THEIR SERVICE BE REMEMBERED. / LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES, AND IN / THEIR DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED. (11 SAM. 1. 23.)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bosworth, Arthur Wright
Bosworth, Philip Charles Worthington
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forenames, surnames, rank, regiment,
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 15 mm, height 456 mm, width 762 mm
    Materials: Marble - Grey
  • Backboard
    Measurements: depth 38 mm, height 456 mm, width 888 mm
    Materials: Marble - Grey
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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