Memorial

All Souls Chapel Book Of Remembrance

St Mary's Church Roll of Honour

Source: Copyright Clive Farmer

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Current Location

All Souls Chapel, St Mary the Virgin and All Saints Church, The Walk, Potters Bar, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, EN6 1QL, England

TL 25989 01152

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 14659
Description: Two rectangular wood framed hinged glazed manuscripts set side by side . The left-most listing WW2 service personnel and the right-most WW2 civilian casualties . The names and details are in black and set within a multi coloured floriate border .There are other pages with the Coat of Arms of Potters Bar District Council and the commemoration and the list of WW1 casualties which were not visible at the time of inspection (May 2022)
Inscription: POTTERS BAR PARISH CHURCH/ IN PROUD AND GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PLACE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WARS 1914-1918 AND 1939-1945/ WE COMMEND, O LORD GOD INTO THE/ ARMS OF THY MERCY THESE OUR BRETHREN/ WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY,/ BESEECHING FOR THEM THY SON'S BLESSING UPON/ ALL WHO LAY DOWN THEIR LIFE FOR FRIENDS,/ AND THE IMMORTAL CROWN OF THE FAITHFUL/ WHO OVERCOME: THROUGH THE SAME JESUS/ CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN/ INTO THY HANDS WE COMMEND THEIR SPIRITS: FOR/ THOU HAST REDEEMED THEM O LORD THOU GOD OF TRUTH/ THEY GROW NOT OLD AS WE WHO ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM/ 1914-1918 SERVICEMEN/ (MEN)/ 1939-1945 SERVICEMEN/ ROYAL NAVY/ (NAMES)/ ARMY/ (NAMES)/ ROYAL AIR FORCE/ (NAMES)/ CIVILIAN DEAD 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ 20TH JANUARY 1945/ (NAMES)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 50
Died: 50
Information shown: Initials, surname, rank, service, unit/regiment, decorations
Order of names: By Service, then (mostly) alphabetical by surname