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    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    Frederick Street Methodist Chapel Sunday School

    Frederick Street Methodist Chapel WW1 plaque detail

    Source: ©2026 Colin Murray

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    Current Location

    All Saints' Church (The Churches Conservation Trust), Highcross Street, Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 4PH, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SK 58266 04842

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    © WMR-55015

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    55015
    Description
    A wall mounted landscape orientated brass plaque on a wooden backboard. The plaque has a broad decorative foliate border of stars with pattée crosses in each corner. The names are below the main dedication in three columns, all detail and lettering is incised and picked out in black.
    Inscription
    TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND SACRED TO THE/ MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAD PASSED THROUGH THE/ SUNDAY SCHOOL OF THIS CHURCH AND GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918./ (Names)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    15
    Died
    15
    Information shown
    Surname, initials
    Order of names
    Surname, initials
    Maker(s)
    • A. C. Cockshaw. Leicester, Letter cutter / Engraver

    Previous Location(s)

    • Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Frederick Street, Wigston, Oadby And Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 1PJ, England

      OS Grid Reference

      SP 60784 99107

    Reason for move

    Building now used by the LIFE Church. Plaque transferred to All Saints' Church under the care of "The Leicester City, County & Rutland At Risk War Memorials Project".

    Custodian
    Leicester City, County & Rutland At Risk War Memorials Project

    Components

    Plaque

    Made from: Brass


    Condition: Good


    Backboard

    Made from: Wood


    Condition: Good


    • https://www.atriskwarmemorials.co.uk/memorial_details/frederick-street-methodist-chapel-wigston/