Memorial

St Peter and St Pauls Church - WW1 and WW2

Exton ww1 & ww2 tablets in situ

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Current Location

East end of the south aisle, St Peter and St Pauls Church, Private drive off Oakham Road, Exton, Rutland, Leicestershire, LE15 8AX, England

SK 92054 11192

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 14809
Description: Two, associated wall mounted stone tablets set below the original figure of Christ from the village war memorial (WM Ref. 14807). The WW1 tablet has a winged cherub above and swag of flowers below the central panel bearing which bears the incised inscription. The smaller WW2 memorial is an eight-sided, moulded-edge tablet with incised inscription infilled in black. Adjacent to the tablets are a plaque giving details of the original figure of Christ from the village war memorial, and a framed and glazed article from the Rutland & Stamford News dated 11 October 1922 giving full details of the village war memorial.
Inscription: WW1 tablet : REMEMBER/ WITH GRATITUDE/ (Names)/ WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ Eternal Rest grant them, O Lord. / WW2 tablet : 1939 - 1945/ (Names) Figure of Christ plaque: THE FIGURE OF CHRIST/ IS THE ORIGINAL FROM THE/ VILLAGE WAR MEMORIAL,/ REPLACED IN 1995. THE/ LEGS HAVE BEEN REMODELLED.

Tablets

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

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