- Type of Memorial
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- WMR Reference Number
- 68591
- Description
- Book of remembrance with names of WW1 and WW2 dead.
- Inscription
- (Title Page): S. MARY AND ALL SAINTS/ FILLONGLEY/ BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE/ 1914-1918/ 1939-1945/ CHRIST BECAME OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH,/ EVEN THE DEATH OF THE CROSS. WHERE-/ FORE GOD ALSO HATH HIGHLY EXALTED/ HIM AND GIVEN HIM A NAME WHICH/ IS ABOVE ANY OTHER NAME.
(Page 2): TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THIS ALTAR, DEDICATED TO THE/ HOLY CROSS, AND CONSECRATED BY/ LISLE, BISHOP OF COVENTRY ON THE / EVE OF THE FEAST OF S. MATTHEW/ THE APOSTLE IN THE YEAR OF OUR/ SALVATION 1923, IS GIVEN AS A/ THANKOFFERING FOR GOD'S MERCIES/ DURING THE PERIOD OF THE GREAT/ WAR, AND ALSO FOR THE CONTINUAL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE SACRIFICE/ OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST FOR THOSE/ WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED IN/ THIS BOOK BEING PARISHIONERS,/ RELATIVES & FRIENDS, UPON WHOSE/ SOUL MAY THE LORD HAVE MERCY.
(Pages 3- 6): (Names...)
(Page 7): FORMER SCHOLARS OF THE SHAWBERRY SCHOOLS/ (NAMES...)/ "Greater love hath no man than this: that a man lay down his life/ for his friends"./ REQUIESCANT IN PACE
(Page 8): TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ & IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM/ THIS PARISH WHO , IN THE TWO/ WORLD WARS OF 1914-18 AND/ 1939-45, SERVED IN HIS MAJESTY'S/ SERVICES AND ALSO OF THOSE WHO/ MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE,/ THE OAK REREDOS WAS GIVEN BY/ THE FILLONGLEY BRANCH OF THE/ BRITISH LEGION AND DEDICATED/ ON AUGUST 27TH 1950 BY/ NEVILLE, BISHOP OF COVENTRY
(Page 9): THE FOLLOWING MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ 1939-1945/ (Names...)/ "They shall not grow old as we who are left grow old,/ Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn;/ At the going down of the sun and in the morning/ We will remember them."
(Page 10): REMEMBER , O LORD,/ ALL THOSE, THE BRAVE AND THE/ TRUE, WHO HAVE DIED THE DEATH/ OF HONOUR AND ARE DEPARTED IN THE HOPE/ OF RESURRECTION TO ETERNAL LIFE. IN THAT/ PLACE OF LIGHT, WHENCE SORROW AND/ MOURNING ARE FAR BANISHED, GIVE THEM/ REST, O LORD, THE LOVER OF MAN, GRANT/ THIS , O LORD. AMEN.