All Saints Church - Husbands Bosworth
English Civil Wars (1642-1651), World War I
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ContributeTwo swords buried within church belonging to Capt. John Shenton and Capt. Austin Shenton - large ornate wooden board provides further details of them and includes Austin Shenton's medals.
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All Saints Church - Husbands Bosworth
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Inscription Reads
QUIRQUID NOTUIT FERIT QUIRQUID HABUIT DEDIT IS QUI PLUS POTEST PRAEREDIT IN REGNUM
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
JOHN SHENTON
CAPTAIN OF CAVALRY IN THE ROYALIST ARMY
WHO FOUGHT AT NASEBY (1645) & WORCESTER (1651)
AND IS BURIED AT BARWELL
1612-1699
HIS SWORD RESTS HERE
ALSO OF
AUSTIN KIRK SHENTON MC
OF THE IXTH GENERATION FROM THE ABOVE
CAPTAIN IN HIS MAJESTY'S CORPS OF ENGINEERS
WHO FOUGHT AT LOOS (1915) THE SOMME (1916)
ARRAS (1917) CAMBRAI (1917) MONTDIDIER (1918)
AND IS BURIED AT GROVY NEAR AMIENS
1895-1918
HIS SWORD RESTS HERE
TO ALL WHO KNOW HIM, MOST LOVING AND BELOVED
AS A SOLDIER, HIS FELLOW-SOLDIERS WRITE FROM THE FIELD
"A MOST GALLANT
OFFICER"
HE LIVED A
SPLENDID LIFE"
"HE DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT FEAR WAS"
"HIS COMPANY WAS
IN SPLENDID ORDER"