Memorial

Great Bowden - WW1 Tablet

Tablet

Source: Copyright D S Kenyon

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Current Location

The Church is often locked and the advice is to ask at the village shop for the whereabouts of a key, St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Dingley Road, Great Bowden, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7ET, England

OS Grid Reference

SP 74639 88881

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 55403
Description: Wall mounted rectangular marble tablet consisting of speckled brown carved frame butting onto slim band of chequered material enclosing centre field. Centre field is pink/white with gold outlining of entire field and each division within the field. All lettering is in black. Field is divided into four parts by gold lines: at top of field is dedication, beneath this are two columns of names and at the bottom is a biblical quotation.
Inscription: THIS TABLET/ IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (44 Names)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 44
Died: 44
Information shown: surname, forename/initials
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: 2 names (both with the surname Stephens) also list their rank ('CAP')

Conservation

Components

Tablet

Height: c 900mm

Width: c 700mm

Made from: Marble - Pink

Condition: Good