St Michael's Church - Croft

World War II

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  • Listing Status: Grade II
  • District: Blaby
  • Parish: Croft

Paper memorial with photo of fallen on handdrawn background with handwritten description, within wooden frame

View Further Details Memorial Type:Tablet or Plaque or Board, Framed poster Ref: WMP0341 Other Designation: N/A Information Sources: Record Office, T Coxon 2012

Location

St Michael's Church - Croft
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Inscription Reads

MUFFLED PEAL - IN MEMORIAM
ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17TH 1945,
IN 2 HOURS 38 MINUTES, A PEAL OF
BOB MINOR, 5,040 CHANGES,
WAS RUNG ON THE BELLS IN THIS TOWER, BY:-
FREDERICK WATSON TREBLE
ERNEST MORRIS 2
MR HJ POOLE 3
WILLIAM A WOOD 4
JOSIAH MORRIS 5
EDWARD R WHITEHEAD TENOR
CONDUCTOR:- ERNEST MORRIS
TO THE MEMORY OF L/CPL REGINALD W COLLIS, OF THE PARATROOP
RAIDING SUPPORT REGT, WHO DIED OF WOUNDS IN GREECE, WHILE
HELPING TO BRING IN A WOUNDED COMRADE UNDER ENEMY FIRE,
ON JANUARY 1ST AT ATHENS. HE WA 21, AND HAD BEEN A RINGER
IN THIS TOWER SINCE THE AGE OF 12 YEARS.
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS

Casualties Listing

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Name Rank Unit Batt Died Collis - Reginald William Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade 2 01/01/1945
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