Memorial
Napton on the Hill CofE School - WW1
Napton onthe Hill - CE School WW1 Tablet
Source: Copyright David Austin
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Current Location
On grassed area, between Chapel Lane & School Hill, it now forms part of IWM 68668., Chapel Lane, Napton on the Hill, Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire, CV47 8PB, England
OS Grid Reference
SP 46354 61127
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 19337
- Description
- White, stone tablet that was originally set into an exterior wall of the school. A Latin cross, stood on a pediment, stands on top in the centre, acanthus leaves in each top corner above a fretwork header. Commemoration above and below the names (which are in two columns), with all lettering engraved in black. The memorial has been relocated to the roadside below the church of St Lawrence and there it now forms part of IWM 68668.
- Inscription
- ERECTED BY THE/ REVD. RONALD IRWIN D.S.O. M.C./ IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY RIGHTEOUSNESS/ AND JUSTICE/ 1914 - 1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 29
- Died
- 29
- Information shown
- surname, initials, service, rank
- Order of names
- surname