Memorial

St Andrew's Church - WW1 Roll of Honour

Source: Copyright Martin Tolley

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Current Location

Church on corner of Main Street / Swingbridge Street,, St. Andrew's Church, Main Street, Foxton, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7RD, England

SP 69902 89752

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 55402
Description: Single white rectangular parchment sheet, mounted vertically behind glass and surrounded by wooden frame. Extremely elaborate penmanship on parchment and comprises slim border of black and white, followed by wider multi coloured border band showing leaves, a sword to either side, 1914 to the extreme top and 1919 to the bottom. At the top of the field enclosed by the band is a yellow blank rectangle, the words Roll of Honour are beneath this in another deliniated rectangle, the initial letter T being heavily embroidered. This is followed by another small blank rectangle and below this is the biblical dedication and a list of ten names in two columns within an outlined rectangle, this lettering being in black and red. Below this is an area of plain yellow with a rectangle of white at its centre, this white rectangle shows a single column of names which are lettered in black only.
Inscription: 1914 / The Roll of Honour / Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his Friends. ST JOHN 15.13. / (10 Names) / (33 Names) / 1919

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 43
Served: 33
Died: 10
Information shown: Rank, forename, forename initial, surname, honours, regiment or service
Order of names: Died, served. Both groups listed alphabetically by surname.

Roll of honour

Made from: Parchment

Condition: Good

Frame

Made from: Wood, Glass

Condition: Good

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