Wesleyan Church - Ashby de la Zouch

World War I

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  • Listing Status: N/A
  • District: NW Leics
  • Parish: Ashby de la Zouch

Memorial group in gun-metal representing entrance to mausoleum with flag draped over studded door, guarded by a lion holding down a dead eagle and the angel of the resurrection. List of names of those who served on left, with dedication and names of fallen on right. Unveiled by Brigadier General Sir John Barnsley. Chapel was utilized as an auction room during the 1980's run by a company called Stevenson and Barratt (they may have also been estate agents). The chapel was demolished in 1985.

View Further Details Memorial Type:Composite Ref: WMP0017 Other Designation: N/A Notes: Coalville Times - Friday April 2nd, 1920. A large congregation, including members of other denominations, members of the Urban Council, and representatives of the Forces, was present in the Wesleyan Church, Ashby, last week, when a war memorial was unveiled by Brigadier-General Sir John Barnsley. The memorial group in gun-metal represents the entrance to a mausoleum, with the flag draped over the studded door. Guarding the door are the lion, holding down a dead eagle, and the Angel of Resurrection. The group occupies a central place in front of the rostrum. One tablet contains the names of 88 men associated with the church, and a second tablet bears the names of 13 who fell. All the names were read out by the Rev. Wm. Hopper, minister. After the unveiling, General Barnsley, who was in uniform, gave a striking address from the rostrum on the lessons of the great war. They glorified in the part that Methodism played in it, he said, and in the devotion and loyalty of their sons to a high ideal and a sacred cause. They thanked God for the miracle of a merciful deliverance and for the wonderful outburst of unity which was manifested. The price of victory was the blood of their sons. God grant that they had not paid it in vain! At the end of the service the “Last Post” was sounded, and Mrs Sutton, the organist, played Chopin’s Funeral March. UKNIWM Ref: 37838 Verification Required: YES Information Sources: UKNIWM website, Pmsa, NH Special Categories: Survivors, Lost Website Links: http://www.midlandsheritage.co.uk/war-me...

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Inscription Reads

ON THIS MEMORIAL ARE
ENGRAVED THE NAMES OF THOSE
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CHURCH
WHO LEFT THEIR [LIFE] OF PEACE
TO FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM OF OUR
CHILDREN AND ALL WHO FOLLOW
1914 1918
[NAMES]
UNTIL THE TRUMPET SOUNDS
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN EVER
LOVING MEMORY OF THE BRAVE
GALLANT MEN FROM THIS CHURCH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM
AND FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 1918
[NAMES]
GRANT THEM O LORD
ETERNAL REST

Casualties Listing

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Name Rank Unit Batt Died Beadsmoore - Francis William Buck - Harold Private Northumberland Fusiliers 12 16/06/1917 Callier - John Frederick Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 2 23/04/1917 Litherland - Alfred Private Leicestershire Regiment 1/5 20/11/1915 Mason - Ronald James Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 1 23/05/1917
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