Village Hall - Great Bowden

World War II

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  • Listing Status: Not Individually Listed
  • District: Harborough
  • Parish: Great Bowden

White marble plaque with black lettering and mottled brown marble frame. 30 x 21 inches, 25kg weight. UKNIWM advises moved from Congregational Chapel when converted for residential use. Held in wooden and glass display case. The tablets were unveiled on Sunday 21 March 1948 by the Lord Cromwell and dedicated by Canon R Chalmers, on the same day the memorial plaques in the parish church and the seats on the green were unveiled.

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View Further Details Memorial Type:Tablet or Plaque or Board Ref: WMP0474 Other Designation: N/A UKNIWM Ref: 55038 Information Sources: DK, RC Website Links: http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grant...

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Village Hall - Great Bowden
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Inscription Reads

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
[NAMES]
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN
THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945
AND WITH THANKSGIVING FOR THOSE
WHOSE LIVES WERE SPARED

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Name Rank Unit Batt Died Cotton - Arthur Private Leicestershire Regiment 7 16/07/1944 Greville-Heygate - Charles Pilot Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 53 Sqdn 26/06/1941
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