Memorial Tablet - St Denys - Eaton, Leicestershire
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N 52° 51.205 W 000° 48.962
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A combined WWI / WWII memorial tablet in St Denys' church, Eaton.
Waymark Code: WM10DKM
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/19/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
Views: 3

A combined WWI / WWII memorial tablet in St Denys' church, Eaton, consisting of a high-arched nowy-headed white marble tablet on a wall mounted black backboard. An "IHS" inscription within a shaped motif above the names. Associated with this tablet is a memorial clock.

Inscription -

  In grateful remembrance of the
 Eaton Men who fell in the Great War,
 this Memorial Tablet together with a
 Clock was erected by the Parishioners.
 1919.
 (12 NAMES)
 1939 - 1945
 (1 NAME)
 

Names on memorial -

Name Rank Unit Batt Died
Campbell - John Ferguson Lance Corporal Scots Guards 2 13/10/1918
Harrison - Charles Cecil Private South Staffordshire Regiment 4 24/03/1918
Harrison - William Arthur Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 22 (tyneside Scottish) 28/03/1918
Jackson - George Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 2/7 21/03/1918
Jackson - Bertie Private Leicestershire Regiment 8 25/09/1916
Jackson - Francis William Trooper Household Battalion   05/10/1917
Jesson - Matthew Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 2/8 25/09/1917
Meredith - Ernest        
Pick - George Private Leicestershire Regiment Depot 15/02/1917
Shelton - Arthur Private Leicestershire Regiment 2 13/01/1916
Taylor - Warren William Rifleman Kings Royal Rifle Corps 10 03/09/1916
Wakefield - Ernest Private Leicestershire Regiment 2 08/03/1916
         
Claxton - Edward        

 







 

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 Denys
Church Lane
Eaton, Leicestershire England
NG32 1SL


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