Memorial

Otley

Otley - WW1

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Current Location

St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Road, Otley, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, IP6 9NP, England

OS Grid Reference

TM 20401 54947

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 5540
Description: Two, associated wall mounted red marble backboards each support an engraved brass plaque. Upper portrait oriented plaque bear names of the Great War Fallen and the lower landscape oriented plaque bears names of the WW2 Fallen. Lower rail of the upper backboard is also the top rail of the lower backboard. A foliate border, interrupted at the base by a banner scroll on the upper plaque, encloses the inscription and names. On the lower WW2 plaque, the foliate border totally encloses the inscription and names.
Inscription: Upper plaque: FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY / IN HONOURED AND EVER LIVING / MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE EUROPEAN WAR, / AUGUST 4TH 1914 : NOVEMBER 11TH 1918. / (12 NAMES) / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE // Lower plaque: ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 / (3 NAMES)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 12
Died: 12
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, honours, regiment, manner of death, date of death
Order of names: Rank, then each group listed alphabetically by surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment, manner of death, date of death
Order of names: Listed alphabetically by surname

History

Maker(s): Gawthorp and Sons, Mason

Ceremonies

Faculty Granted

10 December 1947

Unknown

Conservation

Custodian: PCC

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