Memorial Obelisk - St Leonard - Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

A combined WWI / WWII memorial obelisk in St Leonard's churchyard, Aston-le-Walls, consisting of a square sectioned, slightly tapering plinth surmounted by a square sectioned tapering obelisk. There are incised inscriptions on three sides of plinth, the top face of which is carved in relief with a draped decorative leaf arrangement.

The inscription reads -
6 o'clock face :
To the glory of God
and in honoured memory
of those men from this
parish who gave their lives
for their King and Country
in the great war 1914 to 1918
3 o'clock face :
(5 Names)
12 o'clock face :
1939 - 1945
(3 Names)

Names on memorial -
WWI:
Francis C Plowden
Godfrey B A Plowden
Percy W Taylor
John H W Harris
Francis R Edmunds

WWII:
R Adams,
T F Adams
F Coleman

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 Leonard's Churchyard Main Street, (corner of Blacksmith's Lane) Aston Le Walls , Northamptonshire England NN11 6UF 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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