Memorial

St. Leonard's Parishioners

St Leonard's Parishioners - Sunningwell, WW1 and WW2 tablets in context

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Current Location

St. Leonard's Church, Sunningwell Road, Sunningwell, Vale Of White Horse, Oxfordshire, OX13 6RD, England

SP 49573 00533

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 31819
Description: WW1, wall mounted, portrait orientated, nowy-headed backboard supporting a moulded nowy-headed tablet with chamfered sides and base edges. Military crest and wreath within the nowy-head. Immediately beneath this tablet is a smaller landscape orientated, plain WW2 tablet incorporating four chamfered edges. Both tablets bear incised inscriptions and names, infilled with a black enamel paint.
Inscription: Upper WW1 tablet : THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / To the Honoured Memory of / the Men of this Parish / who fell in the Great War / 1914 - 1919 / (16 Names) / Faithful unto Death // Lower WW2 tablet : 1939 - 1945 / (5 Names) / "Rest eternal grant them O Lord."

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 16
Died: 16
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, service or regiment, date of death
Order of names: Rank

Tablets

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good