Memorial Obelisk - St James - Ab Kettleby, Leicestershire - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

Combined WWI / WWII memorial obelisk of smooth Rubislaw granite in the churchyard of St James, Ab Kettleby, consisting of a single-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned tapering plinth and square sectioned tapering obelisk. The upper faces of the base step & plinth slope down & outwards. There is an incised inscription on the front face of the base step, front face, and one side face of the plinth.

Inscription -
Front face of plinth :
ERECTED BY THE
PARISHIONERS OF
AB KETTLEBY IN MEMORY OF
(Names)
Front face of base :
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR
COUNTRY IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR
1914 - 1919
Side face of plinth :
ALSO
IN REMEMBRANCE OF
(Names)
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR
COUNTRY IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR
1939 - 1945

Names on memorial:
WWI -
Felstead, James
Felstead, Sam
Gale, Arthur
Gale, George
Holroyd, Alec
Munns, Harry
Sellars, Walter
Stapleford, Frank

WWII -
Harris, Fred
Lord, William
Turner, Frank

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 02/12/1920 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 James Ab Kettleby, Leicestershire England LE14 3HS Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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