Combined WWI / WWII memorial obelisk - St Helen - Sharnford, Leicestershire
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Combined WWI / WWII memorial obelisk on the grounds of St Helen's church, Sharnford.
Waymark Code: WMVDD0
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/04/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
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Combined WWI / WWII memorial obelisk on the grounds of St Helen's church, Sharnford.

A two-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned plinth, a moulded capstone with tapering rectangular sectioned obelisk. Incised inscriptions on plinth.

Inscription -

Front plinth face : In Loving Memory of the / Men who fell in the Great War / (13 NAMES) / 1914 - 1918 / THEIR MEMORY LIVETH EVERMORE Right plinth face : In Loving memory of / those who gave their lives / in the Second World War / 1939 - 1945 / (5 NAMES) / THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT / ECCLES 44 V13

Names on memorial -

Aldridge, I L
Bason, A T
Brown, W H
Brown, T E
Good, S
Grooms, G
Harris, P C
Hubbard, J
Jacques, H J
Richardson, J A
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 03/01/1920

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

Website for this Monument: [Web Link]

Physical Address of Monument:
St Helen
Leicester Road
Sharnford, Leicestershire England
LE10 3PP


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