Memorial

Men of Austrey - Clock

Austrey - Clock - tower view (1)

Source: Copyright David Austin

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Current Location

Mounted on wall in clock tower,, St. Nicholas' Church, Church Lane, Austrey, North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, CV9 3EE, England

SK 29572 06286

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Clock or clock tower
WMR Reference Number: 19041
Description: Tower mounted clock & associated two-corbelled tablet attached to a wall mounted, landscape orientated backboard. Tablet consists of an apex-headed pediment incorporating a horizontal moulded lower edge, below which, is the inscription plane & moulded-edge base shelf. Incised inscriptions infilled in black including year dates in tympanum.
Inscription: Tablet, tympanum : 1914 + 1919 Tablet, inscription : TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / MEN OF AUSTREY / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. / THE CLOCK IN THIS TOWER WAS ERECTED. / (6 NAMES) / (1 NAME) 1939/45 / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS."

Tablet

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Clock

Made from: Metal

Condition: Unknown

Family Tree Magazine 89/August 2013 Ref is to a letter from Chairman of Nuneaton and N Warwickshire FHS who are trying to locate all WW1 memorials in the area and list them on their website - www.nnwfhs.org.uk - for all to see (photocopy in file)