Memorial Plaque - St John the Baptist - Biddisham, Somerset
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WWI memorial plaque in St John the Baptist's church, Biddisham.
Waymark Code: WM16J19
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/09/2022
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WWI memorial plaque in St John the Baptist's church, Biddisham, consisting of a marble plaque on a black background with black wooden shelf below. A smaller piece of marble has been added for the one casualty of WWII below the larger plaque.
The inscriptions read -
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN SACRED MEMORY OF
[NAMES]
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR AUG. 1914 - NOV. 1918, A.D.
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT
A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS" St John XIV. 13.
ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS.
ALSO THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
[NAME]
Names on the memorial -
WWI:
Sergt. W William Body S.L.I.
Pte I John Body S.L.I.
Pte Albert Avery D of C.L.I.
Pte Frank Avery R.F.
WWII:
Sgt George Edward Kingsbury SSX Regt
Below the shelf is a framed biography of the 4 soldiers killed in WWI -