Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Melton
- Town
- Croxton Kerrial
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 97571
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Current location
North of church
to right of path
beneath large tree
St. Botolph & St. John the Baptist Church
Middle Street
Croxton Kerrial
Melton
Leicestershire
NG32 1QP
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 83517 29526
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Latin cross on three tiered base, IHS at the centre of cross. Incised inscription on faces 1 and 3 across all three tiers.
- Inscription
- Face 3 inscription: Top step: TO THE/ CHERISHED MEMORY/ OF/ Middle step: THOMAS GOODWIN STREETON/ AGED 41 YEARS./ JAMES RATCLIFFE STREETON/ AGED 35 YEARS/ SONS OF/ Bottom step: THOMAS & SARAH ANN STREETON/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ ON THE SAME DAY APRIL 14 1917/ THY WILL BE DONE. Face 1 inscription: Top step: IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ Middle step: SARAH ANN, WIFE OF THOMAS STREETON/ WHO DIED NOV 25 1918/ AGED 77 YEARS/ Bottom step: ALSO THOMAS STREETON/ WHO DIED JUNE 12 1929/ AGED 90 YEARS/ THY WILL BE DONE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Streeton, James Ratcliffe
Streeton, Thomas Goodwin
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: Surname, forenames, date of death, relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: depth c100mm, height c1400mm, width c500mm
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- 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
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