Memorial

Beaumont Church

Beaaumont com Moze tablet

Source: Copyright John Hendry

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Current Location

St Leonard and St Mary Church, Church Lane, Beaumont Cum Moze, Tendring, Essex, CO16 0AZ, England

TM 18016 24649

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 22575
Description: TRIANGULAR-HEADED MARBLE TABLET WITH INSCRIPTION IN BLACK AND RED LETTERING INSET INTO THE TABLET. MEMORIAL WINDOW DEPICTS A KNIGHT IN FULL ARMOUR. KNIGHT KNEELS BEFORE THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST WITH THE CITY WALLS OF JERUSALEM IN THE BACKGROUND. CROSS CARVED AT THE TOP OF THE TABLET
Inscription: +/TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD AND HONOURED / MEMORY OF THE BEAUMONT MEN / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919. / (names) / "THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT ENGLAND'S SOUL SHOUL LIVE." / THIS TABLET AND THE CENTRE LIGHT OF THE EAST WINDOW / ARE ERECTED BY PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS. / AND THOSE / WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 / (names)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 9
Died: 9
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, forename, manner of death
Order of names: date of death

Tablet

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Window

Made from: Stained Glass

Condition: Good