Memorial

Private E E Wilshere

Private E E Wilshire

Source: Orphan work

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Current Location

St. Bartholomew's Churchyard, Desford Road, Kirby Muxloe, Blaby, Leicestershire, LE9 2BD, England

SK 52072 04677

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 49490
Description: Family gravestone in the form of a three-stepped rectangular base surmounted by a rectangular sectioned cross. Incised inscriptions on each front step face. Text infilled with black paint.
Inscription: Top step: GLADYS MAUD WILSHIRE / FEBRUARY 25TH (..?..), / AGED 12 1/2 YEARS. // Middle step: (...?...) THE CHILD OF OUR AFFECTION / (...?...) UNTO THAT SCHOOL / WHERE SHE NO LONGER NEEDS OUR POOR PROTECTION / AND CHRIST HIMSELF DOTH RULE. // Bottom step: ALSO / ERNEST EDWARD WILSHERE, / PRIVATE 1/15TH. LONDON REGT. / DIED A PRISONER OF WAR BEHIND THE GERMAN LINES, / BURIED AT PERONNE, FRANCE, ON JUNE 4TH 1918, / AGED 19 YEARS. / " THEY SHALL HUNGER NO MORE, NEITHER THIRST ANYMORE."

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, place of burial, date of burial, age at death
Order of names: Forenames, surname, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, place of burial, date of burial, age at death

Cross

Height: c 3000 mm

Width: c 1000 mm

Depth: c 1000 mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Base

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good