Memorial
St. Peter's Church - WW1,WW2
Current Location
St. Peter's Church, Market Place, Mountsorrel, Charnwood, Leicestershire, LE12 7BA, England
OS Grid Reference
SK 58115 15114
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 73775
- Description
- Two associated wall mounted corbelled stone tablets. Upper WW1 tablet incorporates a cross at top centre, to either side are the start / finish war years with inscription below all in black text, enclosed by a single-lined incised border. Landscape orientated lower WW2 tablet contains start / finish war years & names.
- Inscription
- Upper tablet : 1914 + 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO REMEMBER BEFORE HIM / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR / (33 NAMES in two columns) / "IN GLORIOUS HOPE THEIR PROUD AND SORROWING LAND / COMMITS HER CHILDREN TO THY GRACIOUS HAND." Lower tablet : 1939 - 1945 / (6 NAMES in two columns)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 33
- Died
- 33
- Information shown
- Forename, surname
- Order of names
- Surname
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 6
- Died
- 6
- Information shown
- Initials, surname
- Order of names
- Surname
Components
- Tablets
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good