Memorial

St. Christopher's Church - WW1, WW2 Tablets

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Current Location

St. Christopher's Church, St. Christophers Road, Ellistown, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, LE67 1FE, England

SK 43173 10823

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 37858
Description: Wall mounted, shallow-hooded nowy-headed Chellaston alabaster framework containing an upper portrait orientated, WW1 slate inscription tablet & an added lower landscape orientated WW2 tablet. Both tablets are separately enclosed by flush, decorative laurel-leaf design marble border rails. Beneath the lower tablet is a corbelled moulded-edge shelf. All inscriptions infilled with a gold coloured paint. The nowy-head is surmounted by three carved figures depicting ; centre top, Christ on a cross ; flanked by standing figures of the Virgin Mary & St. John. Under the nowy-head is a wreath in relief.
Inscription: WW1 tablet : TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / [ 30 NAMES ] / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-19 / Frame : REST IN PEACE / WW2 tablet : [10 NAMES ] / 1939 - 1945

Unveiled

10th December 1919

Dr. Norman Lang - Lord Bishop of Leicester.

Dedicated

10th December 1919

Dr. Norman Lang - Lord Bishop of Leicester.

Tablet

Made from: Slate - Swithland

Condition: Good

Frame

Made from: Alabaster

Condition: Good