Memorial

Second Lieutenant J L Roberton

Roberton Tablet 2024

Source: Graham Thorpe

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Current Location

St. Margaret of Antioch Church, Church Walks, Stoke Golding, Hinckley And Bosworth, Leicestershire, CV13 6HB, England

SP 39778 97269

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 58488
Description: Landscape orientated ornate tablet attached to a dark grey streaked nowy-headed marble backboard. Tablet inscription panel is enclosed by decorative pilasters with design in relief at each side, moulded stone shelf at top and curved-edged moulded protrusion at bottom. Above shelf is the RAF emblem consisting of eagle wings, crown, motto and insignia all in relief. Below the base are two corbels, decorated in relief. Spanning between the corbels is a drop-curved panel with an incised cross at centre.
Inscription: Backboard header : R A F / PER ARDUA AD ASTRA / Tablet : IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JAMES LESLIE ROBERTON / 2ND. LIEUT. YORKSHIRE REGT. AND ROYAL FLYING CORPS / 2ND. SON OF ROBERT H. AND MARY L. ROBERTON / OF STOKE GOLDING LODGE. / WHO WAS KILLED IN AN AIR FIGHT / IN FRANCE. NEAR LENS / ON SEPT. 6TH. 1916. AGED 21 YEARS. / Faithful unto Death

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, place of death, forename, manner of death, age of death, relationships

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Marble - Grey

Condition: Good