Memorial Plaque - St Peter & St Paul - Upton, Nottinghamshire
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Marble WWI memorial plaque in St Peter & St Paul's church, Upton.
Waymark Code: WM110Y4
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/26/2019
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Marble WWI memorial plaque in St Peter & St Paul's church, Upton, consisting of a plain rectangular white marble tablet mounted onto an ornate backboard formed by two columns supporting a pediment with sheathed swords on each side of the main panel. The inscription is in black lettering, and a supplementary brass plaque is set below it.
The inscription reads -
1914 + 1918
THEIR NAME FOR EVERMORE
LIVETH
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
(Names)
RIP
Names on memorial -
LIEUT. JOHN CEDRIC GEOFFREY WARWICK - 1/1 SOUTH NOTTS HUSSARS
PTE. GEORGE CROPPER - 13TH EAST YORKS
PTE. CHARLES ALFRED HALL - KING’S ROYAL RIFLES
PTE. ALBERT PROCTOR - WINNIPEG RIFLES
PTE. ARTHUR ROCKLEY - 13TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY
PTE. HERBERT SHEPPARD - 1ST SHERWOOD FORESTERS
PTE. WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, M.M. - SHERWOOD FORESTERS
PTE. CHARLES STIMSON - 1ST SHERWOOD FORESTERS
PTE. PERCIVAL THOMAS WATSON WALKER - ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS
PTE. WILLIAM JEFFERSON WILKINSON - ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
The brass plaque below reads -
THE FUNDS FOR THIS MEMORIAL
Were raised by
CHARLES F. WOODWARD
UPTON HALL
April 1929
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 Peter & St Paul
Church Lane
Upton, Nottinghamshire England
NG23 5SR
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed
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