Memorial

St. John the Evangelist Church - WW1 and WW2

Plaque

Source: Copyright Lucy Devitt

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Current Location

St. John the Evangelist Church, Manor Road, Staplegrove, Taunton Deane, Somerset, TA2 6EJ, England

ST 21207 26429

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 68323
Description: Two rectangular brass plaques fixed onto a nowy-headed oak backboard. Each plaque has inscriptions in black-filled Roman lettering: the inscription on the upper plaque (WW1) is headed by a red-filled Latin cross and is bordered by a black-filled line with convex corners enclosing red-filled patee crosses; the lower plaque (WW2) has similar bordering but with no crosses. The memorial is flanked on each side by candle sconces.
Inscription: Plate 1: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE/ OFFICERS & MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION/ OR DIED OF WOUNDS OR DISEASE/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918./ THE LYCHGATE IN THE CHURCHYARD WAS/ ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS./ (Names...) Plate 2: AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (Names...)/ WHEN YOU GO HOME, TELL THEM OF US AND SAY,/ FOR YOUR TOMORROW, WE GAVE OUR TODAY.