Memorial Shrine - St Paul - Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

 A WWI Memorial Shrine located just within St Paul's Churchyard perimeter wall, Woodhouse Eaves.

" Shrine, built of granite blocks with sandstone hood & small cross at apex, located just within Churchyard perimeter wall, facing road. Attached to front face of Shrine is a nowy-headed metal plaque with a cross enclosed by a wreath, all in relief at centre top. Raised inscription lettering below. Decorative border in relief. Beneath the plaque, mounted on an integral stone buttress is a sandstone flower planter with inscription in relief. To the left, a figure of a Angel in a sitting position, overlooks the planter. The Churchyard wall lowers in height at front of Shrine to allow a better view. The plaque replaces WMP1298 which used to be sited here."

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Inscription
Plaque :

TO THIS SHRINE, THE GIFT OF B.H.C. FOX
OF MAPLEWELL, WAS ATTACHED A
TRYPTICH CONTAINING THE ROLL OF ALL
THOSE WHO WENT FROM THIS PARISH
TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY AT HOME AND
ABROAD DURING THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
THIS TRYPTICH HAVING BEEN REMOVED
THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE
ARE RECORDED HERE
(34 NAMES)
" MAY THEY REST IN PEACE "

On flower planter in front of Shrine :

THEIR NAMES ARE LONG
HEARD IN THE FUTURE.

Names on memorial:

Name	Rank	Unit	Batt	Died
Adkin - Stanley	Private	Royal Sussex Regiment	7	02/08/1916
Adkin - George		Leicestershire Regiment	1/4	08/06/1917
Allen - Charles Eric	Private	Seaforth Highlanders	2	03/05/1917
Allen - David
Anderson - Charles Alexander Kenneth	2nd Lieutenant	Kings Royal Rifle Corps	1	12/11/1914
Angrave - Edwin	Company Sergeant Major	Leicestershire Regiment	1/5	05/10/1918
Ayers - Walter		Leicestershire Regiment	10
Baker - William Vincent	Private	Leicestershire Regiment	2/5	05/07/1917
Baker - William Frederick	Private	North Staffordshire Regiment	7	29/03/1917
Clarke - Hilary Calvert	Lieutenant	Machine Gun Corps 31	A Coy	31/08/1918
Foulds - Thomas Arthur	Private	Leicestershire Regiment	2	09/03/1917
Garner - George	Sergeant	Royal Field Artillery	A Bty, 256 Brigade	23/09/1917
Gibson - Jesse	Lieutenant	Royal Defence Corps		07/03/1919
Heygate - Claud Raymond	Captain	Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	2	01/07/1916
Hollingshead - Wilfred Harry	Trooper	Leicestershire Yeomanry	2/3	31/05/1916
Kent - Sidney George	Lance Corporal	Queens Own Hussars	18	10/05/1915
Leeson - Alfred		Leicestershire Regiment	3/5
Lester - George Frederick	Private	Leicestershire Regiment	1/4	08/06/1917
Mackenzie - George		Royal Navy
Martin - William Francis	Major	Leicestershire Yeomanry		13/05/1915
Pritchard - Charles Edgar	Trooper	Leicestershire Yeomanry		13/05/1915
Raynor - Wallace	Private	Canadian Rifles	13	24/04/1917
Raynor - Frederick	Private	Leicestershire Regiment	1	28/12/1915
Sills - Charles Edward	Private	Leicestershire Regiment	9	03/05/1917
Simpkin - Frederick Arthur	Private	Leicestershire Yeomanry		13/05/1915
Simpkin - George
Snow - Frederick	Private	Leicestershire Regiment	8	11/04/1917
Squire - Reginald
Squire - Walter Percy		North Staffordshire Regiment	3
Squire - Joshua Ellis	Private	Leicestershire Regiment	5	22/08/1915
Stanley - Charles Reginald	Private	Leicestershire Regiment	11	22/10/1917
Sutton - John Leslie	Private	Northumberland Fusiliers	1/4	12/04/1918
Wainwright - William Horace	Private	Cheshire Regiment	10	11/04/1918
Wynter - Cecil Domville	Captain	Irish Guards		05/10/1915

 

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. Paul's Churchyard Church Hill Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire England LE12 8RT Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed

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