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    Memorial

    Claybrooke Parva

    Claybrooke Parva

    Source: Copyright John Gilchrist

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    Current Location

    St. Peter's Churchyard, Main Road, Claybrooke Parva, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE17 5AE, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 49609 87935

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    37478
    Description
    Two-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned tapering plinth, cap stone, tapering rectangular sectioned shaft with wheel cross. Incised inscriptions on slate tablets at 6 o'clock faces of plinth & top step. Stone vase with inscription added in front of bottom step.
    Inscription
    Plinth face : In Memory of the men / of this Parish / who gave their lives in the / GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. / (14 NAMES) Step face : Also in thankful remembrance of those / who fell in the World War 1939 - 1945 / (4 NAMES) Stone vase : MEMORIES OF A/ DEVOTED SON/ AND BROTHER/ (Name)/ 216/72 LAA REG RA/ DIED 14 JUNE 1955/ AGED 22/ INTERRED AT/ HONG KONG/
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    14
    Died
    18
    Information shown
    Rank, forename initials, surname
    Order of names
    Surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    4
    Died
    4
    Information shown
    Rank, forename, surname
    War
    Military Service
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    Forename, surname, regiment, date of death, place of death
    Maker(s)
    • Fosbrooke & Bedingfield, Leicester, Designer

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 2000 mm

    Width: 1000 mm


    Made from: Concrete


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1466299

    Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20. Architectural interest: * as a thoughtfully-designed and well-proportioned war memorial in the form of a wheel-head cross. Group value: * it forms a group with the Grade I listed Church of St Peter.

    Tablets

    Made from: Slate


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1466299

    Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20. Architectural interest: * as a thoughtfully-designed and well-proportioned war memorial in the form of a wheel-head cross. Group value: * it forms a group with the Grade I listed Church of St Peter.

    • "Claybrooke Parva War Memorial." Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1466299. Accessed 29 August 2024.