Memorial Cross - Knipton, Leicestershire - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross on the Village green, Knipton.

The memorial consists of a raised square platform with a three-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned plinth, a round sectioned column, capital, and a decorative wheel cross at the top. An incised slate tablet is attached to each side face of plinth for the casualties in WWI. The WWII tablet is laid flat on the platform base. The whole memorial is bordered by paving stones, which are surrounded by a small garden area and lawn, further enclosed on three sides with a wooden fence.

Inscription -
6 o'clock plinth face :

TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
KNIPTON WHO MADE THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
IN THANKFULNESS TO GOD FOR THE
VICTORY. THEIR VALOUR HELPED TO
WIN AND ALSO TO COMMEMORATE
THE PATRIOTISM OF ALL FROM THIS
VILLAGE WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR
COUNTRY. THIS MONUMENT IS SET
UP BY THOSE WHO LOVE THEM
AND ARE PROUD OF THEM.

Other plinth faces :

(13 NAMES)

Flat tablet on platform base :

+
1939 - 1945
(4 NAMES)

Name	Rank	Unit	Batt	Died
Butler - Noel	Lieutenant	Irish Guards	1	15/09/1916
Chambers - Thomas	Private	Lincolnshire Regiment	1	04/10/1917
Coy - Arthur	Lance Corporal	Lincolnshire Regiment	8	21/01/1916
Gibson - Albert	Lance Corporal	Yorkshire Regiment	10	15/04/1917
Goodband - Christopher	Private	Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)	9	28/09/1915
Goodband - David John	Private	Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)	8	23/11/1916
Manners - Robert William Orlando	Lieutenant Colonel	Kings Royal Rifle Corps		11/09/1917
Marriott - Walter	Private	Canadian Infantry	46	23/10/1917
Newton - William James	Private	Lincolnshire Regiment	2	01/07/1916
Nicolls - Richard Jefferys	Captain	Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)	A Coy; 11	01/10/1916
Robinson - Page	Private	Lincolnshire Regiment	B Coy; 8	26/09/1915
Scott - Francis William	Sapper	Canadian Engineers	1 Field Coy	04/05/1915
Winters - George	Private	Leicestershire Regiment	8	21/11/1918
Marriott - Cecil	Guardsman	Grenadier Guards	3	02/06/1940
Marriott - Richard	Sergeant (flight Engineer)	Royal Air Force	463 (raaf) Sqdn	14/02/1945
Ryder - John Thomas	Sergeant	Grenadier Guards	3	25/07/1940
Tweed - George William	Lieutenant	Royal Navy - Hm Submarine Rainbow		19/10/1940

 

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: Memorial Garden Village Green Nursery Lane Knipton, Leicestershire England NG32 1RQ 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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