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 'Thankful Village' Roll of Honour - Teigh, Rutland Posted by:  SMacB
N 52° 44.110 W 000° 43.243
30U E 653887 N 5845247
A low memorial obelisk placed in 2014 to mark the centenery of WWI. Teigh is known as a 'Thankful Village' that did not lose a member of the community in the First World War.
Waymark Code: WMYX59
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/05/2018
Views: 0
"There are no settlements in Scotland or Northern Ireland that did not lose a member of the community in the First World War. In England and Wales there are 52, known as Thankful Villages. And Teigh in Rutland is one of them ( visit link) . [The memorial is a] low obelisk and sundial [missing] that was erected in 2014 to mark this fact. The plaque lists the names of the eleven men and two women from the village who served in the war and came home." SOURCE - ( visit link) Inscription - Teigh
1914 - 2014
"A Thankful Village"
Roll of Honour
[Names]Names on memorial - Goodman, William Garner
Gillson, Joseph William
Gillson, Gilbert George
Gillson, Bertie
Tidd, William
Tidd, John
Tidd, Isaac
Tidd, Ernest
Skellet, John William
Smith, Isaac
Scott, Edmund Maurice
Scott, Miriam
Rate, Mary
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
Physical Address of Monument:
Main Road
Teigh, Rutland England
LE15 7RX
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed
Website for this Monument: Not listed
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