- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 55408
- Description
- Wooden board contained within an ornate, wooden frame. The frame features 4 heraldic shields - the one middle right being the Royal Standard - and religious imagery: its two sides are topped by gilt spikes. The lettering on the central board is also in gilt and it is bordered by a Latin phrase/motto. Capt A K Shenton's Military Cross is said to be attached to memorial (but it is unclear from the image where) and two swords are said to be buried within church, one belonging to John Shenton, Captain of Cavalry in the Royalist Army, and the other to Austin Shenton, his descendent, of the Royal Engineers and who was killed in the last months of WW1.
- Inscription
- QUIRQUID NOTUIT FERIT QUIRQUID HABUIT DEDIT IS QUI PLUS POTEST PRAEREDIT IN REGNUM / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / JOHN SHENTON / CAPTAIN OF CAVALRY IN THE ROYALIST ARMY /
WHO FOUGHT AT NASEBY (1645) & WORCESTER (1651) / AND IS BURIED AT BARWELL / 1612-1699 / HIS SWORD RESTS HERE / ALSO OF / AUSTIN KIRK SHENTON MC / OF THE IXTH GENERATION FROM THE ABOVE / CAPTAIN IN HIS MAJESTY'S CORPS OF ENGINEERS / WHO FOUGHT AT LOOS (1915) THE SOMME (1916) / ARRAS (1917) CAMBRAI (1917) MONTDIDIER (1918) / AND IS BURIED AT GROVY NEAR AMIENS / 1895-1918 / HIS SWORD RESTS HERE / TO ALL WHO KNOW HIM, MOST LOVING AND BELOVED / AS A SOLDIER, HIS FELLOW-SOLDIERS WRITE FROM THE FIELD / "A MOST GALLANT / OFFICER" /
HE LIVED A / SPLENDID LIFE" / "HE DIDN'T KNOW / WHAT FEAR WAS" / "HIS COMPANY WAS / IN SPLENDID ORDER" /