Memorial

Illston on the Hill - WW1

Illston on the Hill - WW1 Tablet.

Source: Copyright Denis Kenyon

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Current Location

St. Michael and All Angels Church, Main Street, Illston on the Hill, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE7 9EG, England

SP 70673 99307

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 55056
Description: Wall and corbel stone mounted, pedimented slate backboard supporting a pedimented marble tablet incorporating pilasters. Incised inscription infilled with black paint.
Inscription: + / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS / OF ILLSTON IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / (9 NAMES) / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1918. / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. ST. J....

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 9
Died: 9
Information shown: Rank, forename, initials, surname, regiment or unit/service, place of death, date of death
Order of names: Date of death

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Slate

Condition: Good