Memorial

Easterton WW1 And WW2

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Current Location

St Barnabas Church, Easterton, Kennet, Wiltshire, SN10 4PS, England

SU 02108 55290

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 3171
Description: Brass plaques on a wooden board. Also a white marble tablet mounted on a brick wall with the same names and two additional names - this is probably in or from the Wesleyan Chapel. And a metal plaque commemorating a loss in Afghanistan in 1992.
Inscription: (WW1 brass plaque): TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN HONOURED MEMORY/OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/KING AND COUNTRY/IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/KILLED IN ACTION (Names) /DIED OF WOUNDS (Names)/DIED/(Names) / "THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THEHAND OF GOD" (WW1 marble tablet): TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 914-1919 / (names) / "THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." (WW2 plaque): ALSO TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/(Names) (Afghanistan 1992 plaque): IN MEMORY / (name) / Who gave his life for others, Aged 23 years, in July 1992 / wwhen clearing mines for the HALO Trust in Afghanistan / PLACED BY PARISHIONERS OF ST. BARNABAS CHURCH / AND HIS FRIENDS EVERY WHERE