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    Memorial

    South Wigston

    Entire memorial

    Source: Copyright Jane Knight

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    Current Location

    Within an enclosure, at frontage of St. Thomas' Church,, St. Thomas Road, South Wigston, Oadby And Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 4TA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 58667 98337

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    Type of Memorial
    Cenotaph
    WMR Reference Number
    37743
    Description
    Portland stone cenotaph on large pedestal flanked by walls in two height stages bearing a total of eleven Swithland slate tablets with incised names infilled in gold coloured paint. Pedestal has relief carving of cricket cap, ball, bat and stumps on one side of front face and of service dress cap, rifle and sabre on other. Relief carvings of reversed swords on sides of cenotaph. Upper wall stage (barring edge sections) was added after Second World War.
    Inscription
    Front face of cenotaph : THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US / BY NIGHT AND BY DAY + / IN SACRED SLEEP THEY REST. / SAY NOT THAT THE BRAVE DIE Front face of pedestal : TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF SOUTH WIGSTON / AND GLEN PARVA, WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / WARS OF 1914 - 1918 / + AND 1939 - 1945 + Beneath plinth inscription : 1939 - 1945 Tablet on plinth : ROYAL NAVY / (3 Names) / ROYAL ARTILLERY / (1 Name) / ROYAL ENGINEERS / (1 Name) / SHERWOOD FORESTERS / (1 Name) / ROYAL HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT / (2 Names) Tablet on left pillar : ROYAL NAVY / (1 Name) / ROYAL ARTILLERY / (4 Names) / ROYAL ENGINEERS / (5 Names) COLDSTREAM GUARDS / (1 Name) / ROYAL SCOTS / (1 Name) / KING'S OWN ROYAL / (LANCASTER) REGT. / (1 Name) / NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS / (4 Names) / KING'S (LIVERPOOL) REGT. / (1 Name) Upper tablets on left flanking wall : [left] ROYAL NAVY / (5 Names) / ROYAL MARINES / (1 Name) / ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY / (1 Name) / ROYAL ENGINEERS / (1 Name) / ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS / (2 Names) [right] GRENADIER GUARDS / (1 Name) / QUEENS ROYAL REGIMENT / (1 Name) / ROYAL LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT / (8 Names) / ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS / (1 Name) Lower tablets on left flanking wall : [left] LEICESTERSHIRE REGT /(14 Names) [right] LEICESTERSHIRE REGT. / (22 Names) Upper tablets on right flanking wall : [left] ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT / (1 Name) / ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS / (3 Names) / ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS / (1 Name) / ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS / (2 Names) / ROYAL PIONEER CORPS / (1 Name) / CORPS OF ROYAL MILITARY POLICE / (1 Name) [right] ARMY CATERING CORPS (1 Name) / GLIDER PILOT REGIMENT / (1 Name) / ROYAL AIR FORCE / (11 Names) Lower tablets on right flanking wall : [left] LEICESTERSHIRE REGT. / (25 Names) [right] YORKSHIRE REGT. / (1 Name) / LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS / (1 Name) / CAMERONIANS (Scottish Rifles) / (1 Name) / WEST RIDING REGT. / (1 Name) / SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGT / (4 Names) / SHERWOOD FORESTERS / (3 Names) / NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGT / (1 Name) Tablet on right pillar : ROYAL BERKS REGT / (1 Name) / MIDDLESEX REGT / (1 Name) / MANCHESTER REGT (1 Name) / DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY / (2 Names) / RIFLE BRIGADE / (1 Name) / TANK CORPS / (2 Names) / ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS / (2 Names) / LEICESTERSHIRE REGT. / (4 Names) / GORDON HIGHLANDERS / (1 Name)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    106
    Died
    106
    Information shown
    surname,rank,regiment
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    Components

    Tablets

    Made from: Slate - Swithland


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1464815

    Listed July 2019

    Cenotaph

    Height: 4570 mm


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1464815

    Listed July 2019

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