War Memorial - Naseby, Northamptonshire
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member SMacB
N 52° 23.745 W 000° 59.410
30U E 636748 N 5806956
Figure of a lion on plinth. First World War (1914-1918) Second World War (1939-1945)
Waymark Code: WMK7M5
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/24/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
Views: 4

A rectangular two-stepped stone base surmounted by a rectangular plinth. Upon this plinth is a stone lion depicted lying down, with its face turned slightly to the left. The upper step & plinth bear incised inscriptions infilled in black. The whole memorial is surrounded by a kerb & gravel rectangular area.

Inscription -
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE NASEBY MEN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1919
(NAMES)
DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY
AND TO THOSE WHO FELL IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939-1945
(NAMES)
THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE


Names on memorial -
Ashley, Timothy
Cox, Charles
Cox, Joseph
Gamble, Ernest
Martin, Fred
Martin, George
Ringrose, Harry
Ringrose, Samuel
Tansley, Albert
Tansley, C Ernest
Westaway, Harry

Burdett, Leslie A
Roberts, J. Horace

Reference: 155451
Type: Freestanding
Status: On original site
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Animal Figure
Materials: Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised

Further information - (visit link)
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 06/03/1921

Private or Public Monument?: Other

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:
Church Street
junction with School Lane
Naseby, Northamptonshire England
NN6


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