Memorial Tablet - St Botolph and St John The Baptist - Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire
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WWI memorial tablet in St Botolph and St John The Baptist's church, Croxton Kerrial.
Waymark Code: WM10BZR
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/10/2019
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WWI memorial tablet in St Botolph and St John The Baptist's church, Croxton Kerrial. Consisting of a wall mounted grey marble backboard with triangular-headed pediment, surmounted by a white marble tablet also with a triangular-headed pediment. The tablet is further supported at its base by two corbels. There is a cross at the apex of the tablet, beneath which, is a decorated marble block surmounted by a projected carving of the head & face of Jesus. At each of the top corners is a square marble boss with a flower head in relief. A horizontal brown marble dado rail wraps around tablet beneath a pediment & below this, is the incised inscription area, with infilled lettering in black & all enclosed by a moulded brown marble border.
Inscription -
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THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED
BY THE INHABITANTS OF CROXTON KERRIAL
AS A MARK OF GRATITUDE TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE
AND RIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918.
(16 NAMES)
' NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANY MORE ' Isaiah II.2.
Names on memorial -
Asher, Cecil Frederick
Bass, Joseph Thurlby
Bass, Thomas
Burrows, Thomas
Burrows, Walter
Dewey, George Hewry
Farnsworth, Campbell Victor
Husson, George Porter
Jackson, Arthur John
Mackley, John Henry
Rimmington, Joseph William
Rimmington, Thomas
Streeton, James Ratcllffe
Streeton, Thomas Goodwin
Ward, William Robert
Word, George Henry
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
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
St Botolph and St John The Baptist
Church Lane
Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire England
NG32 1PZ
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed
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