Memorial Tablets - St John the Baptist - Boyleston, Derbyshire
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N 52° 55.172 W 001° 43.876
30U E 585301 N 5864072
Marble memorial plaques in St John the Baptist church, Boyleston.
Waymark Code: WMWGJA
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/03/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
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Two white marble tablets with alabaster frames. Each tablet has a shallow triangular arch top with small triangular panels of foliage in releif at the head. The inscriptions are in black capital block lettering. The moulded frames are of mottled brown alabaster.

Inscription -

Upper tablet: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF THE THREE UNDERMENTIONED MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919./ (Names)/ "OUT OF THE STRESS OF THE DOING,/ INTO THE PEACE OF THE DONE"/ THE FOLLOWING ALSO WENT FORTH AT THEIR COUNTRYS CALL/ AND PASSED SAFELY THORUGH THE CONFLICT./ (Names)/ "FOR ENGLAND HOME AND DUTY."
Lower tablet: THESE THREE ALSO RESPONDED TO/ THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL AND RETURNED HOME./ (Names)/ "FOR GOD AND RIGHT."

Names on the memorial -

Berisford, Joseph
Berisford, Isaac
Berisford, Frank
Bowles, James W
Florence, Edward
Flowers, Frank
Harrison, William
Harvey, Walter
Harvey, Robert
Harvey, Frank
Heafield, Ernest
Lane, George
Lane, James
Lane, Henry
Millward, George Henry
Millwrd, William
Moreley, Samuel
Morley, George
Morley, George
Parker, William
Parker, Harry
Peile, William
Povey, Stephen
Pritchard, Walter
Pritchard, Sam
Sheldon, Archibald
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 John the Baptist
The Square
Boyleston, Derbyshire England
DE6 5AB


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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed

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