Memorial

Ratcliffe on the Wreake - WW1

Source: Copyright Jane Knight

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Current Location

Churchyard wall, adjacent to road,, St. Botolph's Churchyard, Main Street, Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Charnwood, Leicestershire, LE7 4SN, England

SK 63031 14557

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 37507
Description: Landscape orientated, framed slate tablet set into a vertically extended section of Churchyard roadside wall. Incised inscription infilled with black & gold coloured paints. Flower design in relief at each corner. Slate weather strip over top rail of frame.
Inscription: OUR VALIANT DEAD / IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR / COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / (2 NAMES) / ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS / OF RATCLIFFE ON THE WREAKE

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Forename, surname
Additional Information: Twenty men were sent to serve King and country, three were awarded the Military Medal, five were wounded and two died.

Tablet

Made from: Slate - Swithland

Condition: Unknown

Frame

Made from: Slate - Swithland

Condition: Good

Leicester Daily Post - Monday 21 February 1921 RATCLIFFE-ON-THE-WREAKE Unveiling of War Memorial