Memorial details

Memorial type
Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
District
Peterborough
Town
Peterborough
County
Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Faculty Granted
    Date: 2nd April 1919
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
8451

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Current location

The marble tablet is on the north wall of the chancel
beside the rood to which it refers.
Longthorpe St Botolphs Church
Thorpe Road
Peterborough
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE3 6NA
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 16315 98383
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Rood screen with central figures of Christ crucified, flanked by figures of the Virgin Mary and St John, with associated marble plaque in the chancel.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM LEONARD SLAUGHTER/ LIEUT IN THE 4 HUNTS CYCLISTS, ATT'D ESSEX RGT./ THIS ROOD IS ERECTED BY HIS BEREAVED PARENTS/ SUPT WILLIAM SLAUGHTER AND SARAH HIS WIFE./ HE FELL IN ACTION AT NURLU FRANCE SEPT 5TH 1918;/ AGED 23./ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A/ MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Slaughter, William Leonard
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Fornames, surname, rank, Regiments, relationship, place of death, date of death, age at death.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 20mm, height 460 mm, width 700 mm
    Materials: Marble
  • Figure
    Measurements: height 1400 mm, width c750mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
  • Figures
    Measurements: height 750mm, width c200mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
  • Shelf
    Measurements: depth 65mm, height 190mm, width 700mm
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Responsibility
Longthorpe Church

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