Memorial

Market Harborough, Great and Little Bowden

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Current Location

The Square, Market Harborough, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7PA, England

OS Grid Reference

SP 73406 87176

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 37828
Description: Three tiered pedestal, surmounted by tapering octagonal shaft, octagonal tabernacle with figures carved in the niches and cross. Figures of Justice, Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, Hope, Charity, Faith & Obedience depicted in the niches on the tabernacle. An encirclement of cherub heads alternating with acanthus leaves is beneath the tabernacle. Bronze plaques bearing the names of the dead are set between cross arms. A slate plaque bearing the inscription has been attached over the original carved inscription.
Inscription: Front face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF ALL IN THE PARISHES/ OF MARKET HARBOROUGH/ GREAT & LITTLE BOWDEN/ WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ THIS CROSS IS ERECTED AS/ AN ENDURING MEMORIAL/ OF THE FALLEN./ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ (NAMES) Other faces: (NAMES)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 254
Died: 254
Information shown: surname
Order of names: surname

History

Maker(s): W ALLSOP AND SONS, Mason
Messrs Brown and Fisher, Designer
Dryads metalworks, Makers
Costs: £1450 5s 6d
Maintenance History: Cleaned and restored by Harborough District Council 2024. A slate tablet bearing the inscription was attached as the original carved inscription was illegible.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

25th September 1921

Maj Gen Sir Arthur Reginald Hoskins KCB CMG DSO

Dedicated

25th September 1921

Bishop of Peterborough

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Market Harborough, Great and Little Bowden

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Market Harborough, Great and Little Bowden

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

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Conservation

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