St Nicholas' Church - Fleckney

World War I, World War II

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  • Listing Status: Grade II*
  • District: Harborough
  • Made by: Joseph Herbert Morcom
  • Parish: Fleckney

White marble tablet with lettering in black and raised mottled alabaster border, in large moulded Ketton stone frame with alabaster angel above in broken pediment and WW2 names added on separate tablet below in 1996. Originally cost 100 pounds. Unveiled 10 March 1920 by Sir Keith Fraser, Bart. MP; dedicated by the Vicar Rev AS Coleman.

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View Further Details Memorial Type:Tablet or Plaque or Board Ref: WMP0420 Other Designation: N/A UKNIWM Ref: 37811 Commissioned By: Public subscription Verification Required: YES Information Sources: Pmsa, CD, SB Website Links: http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/fl...

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St Nicholas' Church - Fleckney
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Inscription Reads

IN GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
FLECKNEY WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR
KING AND COUNTRY IN
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
[NAMES]
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
THIS TABLET WAS ENLARGED IN
REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO
MADE THE SAME SUPREME
SACRIFICE IN THE SECOND
WORLD WAR
[NAMES]
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Casualties Listing

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Name Rank Unit Batt Died Deacon - H Deacon - John Henry Private Leicestershire Regiment 1 23/10/1914 Deacon - William Nicholas Private Leicestershire Regiment 9 24/05/1916 Deacon - Robert Private Leicestershire Regiment B Coy; 8 25/09/1916
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