Memorial

Beresford Family Window - WW1

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Current Location

All Saints Church, Main Street, Hoby, Melton, Leicestershire, LE14 3DT, England

SK 66921 17353

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Window
WMR Reference Number: 37695
Description: Three-light stained glass window with inscription at bottom of left hand light.
Inscription: THOMAS BERESFORD / OF FENNY BENTLEY, DIED MARCH 20TH 1473 / IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY / OF THE DESCENDENTS OF THOMAS / BERESFORD WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR / LT COL PERCY WILLIAM BERESFORD / D.S.O ASSISTANT PRIEST OF WESTERHAM / DIED IN FRANCE OCTOBER 25 1917 - ALSO OF / MAJOR BERESFORD A.J. HAVELOCK OF THE / NORTH STAFFS REGT KILLED IN ACT / ION SEP 14 1918 AT BAKU, CASPIAN SEA. / ALSO OF MAJOR WILLIAM C. BERESFORD / DIED OF WOUNDS IN WEYMOUTH HOSPITAL / AND OF HAY FREDK DONALDSON, K.C.B./ DROWNED IN H.M.S. HAMPSHIRE JUNE 5TH 1916 / THIS WINDOW IS DEDICATED BY / EDWARD ADEN / BERESFORD RECTOR FROM 1855 AND/ HAMS ADEN BERESFORD BORN 1884

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 4
Died: 4
Information shown: rank, surname, forenames, regiment, place of death, forenames, manner of death, relationships, additional

Dedicated

1956

Edward Aden Beresford - Rector

Window

Made from: Stained Glass

Condition: Unknown