Memorial Obelisk - St Peter - Leire, Leicestershire - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

A WWI memorial obelisk at St Peter's church, Leire.

The memorial consists of a two-stepped square base surmounted by a double-stacked square sectioned plinth & a square sectioned, tapering Portland stone obelisk. The obelisk pad is shaped like a very shallow urn with acanthus decoration at the corners and fluting along the sides. The inscriptions are incesed and infilled in black on the front faces of the plinth with a laurel wreath, sword & scabbard, all carved in relief.

Inscription -
Upper plinth face :
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN
WHOSE LIVES WERE SACRIFICED IN THE
GREAT WAR OF
1914 - 1918
Lower plinth face : (names)

Names on memorial -

Bray, N W
Church, S
Jarvis, R S
Johnson, T E
Redfern, F A D
Spriggs, A W
Spriggs, W M

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 Peter Main Street Leire, Leicestershire England LE17 5HD 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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