Memorial Tablet - St Bartholomew - Sproxton, Leicestershire - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

   
 
  A marble tablet commemorating the fallen of Sproxton in WWI, in St Bartholomew's church, Sproxton, consisting of a wall mounted tablet with a wreath carved in relief at centre-top. It is dedicated to 8 Sproxton casualties of WW1, one of whom died on Armistice Day.

Inscription -

1914 1919
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF THE
SPROXTON MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR.
[NAMES]
GONE TO HIGHER SERVICE.
THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOR EVERMORE.

Names on memorial -

Name	Rank	Unit	Batt	Died
Draper - Bertie		Lincolnshire Regiment	7	09/04/1916
Goodson - Walter		Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)		11/03/1915
Hickman - Sydney		Leicestershire Regiment	10	17/07/1917
Holmes - Alfred B		Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry		20/07/1918
Neale - F		Royal Army Service Corps		11/11/1918
Rudkin - William H	Drummer	Lincolnshire Regiment	7	09/04/1916
Stockwell - Arthur Hallgath		Canadian Infantry		04/09/1916
Wright - Frederick W		Leicestershire Regiment	10	10/03/1917

 

Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Not known Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Physical Address of Monument: St Bartholomew Church Lane Sproxton, Leicestershire England LE14 4PZ Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed Website for this Monument: Not listed

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