Memorial

St Neots, Bells

St Neots, Bells - tablet

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Current Location

St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, St Neots, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1QD, England

OS Grid Reference

TL 18440 60163

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Bells or bell tower
WMR Reference Number: 359
Description: Church bells with an associated wall and corbel stone mounted elaborately framed, portrait oriented dedicatory tablet. Framework comprises a broken-headed pediment inbetween which is a cross with laurel wreath displaying raised war duration years. The pediment is connected to the base rail by two fluted columns each with decorated capital stones. Inscription and names on tablet and a further inscription verse across the base rail, all incised and infilled with black paint.
Inscription: Wreath: 1914 / 1919 // Tablet:THE BELLS OF THIS CHURCH / WERE RE-CAST AND RE-HUNG / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF / THE ST NEOTS MEN / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / FOR GOD AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 / AND WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED. / (73 NAMES) // Base rail: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 73
Died: 73
Information shown: Rank, forename initials, surname, decorations
Order of names: Rank, each group listed alphabetically by surname

History

Maker(s): John Taylor and Co. Loughborough, Founder / Foundry

Conservation

Components

Bells

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Frame

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

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