Misterton and Walcote - WW1

World War I

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  • Listing Status: Grade II*
  • District: Harborough
  • Parish: Misterton with Walcote

Large stone memorial with three marble tablets bearing inscription in black (names to either side, inscription in centre), with a soldier in mourning on far left and right, shield with cross and crown motif below and cross in wreath above. Tablets separated by swords. Associated with WMP1381, which is sited below. Unveiled December 1920 by General Vaughan.

View Further Details Memorial Type:Tablet or Plaque or Board Ref: WMP0813 Other Designation: N/A UKNIWM Ref: 37834 Information Sources: AF, DK, Pmsa Special Categories: Images

Location

St Leonard's Church - Misterton
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Inscription Reads

TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN IMPERISHABLE
MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
WENT OUT FROM THE
PARISH OF MISTERTON
AND WALCOTE TO THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1919
AND LAID DOWN THEIR
LIVES FOR THEIR
KING AND COUNTRY
THESE IN THE DAY WHEN HEAVEN
WAS FALLING
THE DAY WHEN EARTH'S FOUNDATIONS
FLED
OBEYED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
CALLING
AND DID THEIR DUTY AND ARE DEAD
THEIR SHOULDERS HELD THEIR SKIES UPLIFTED
THEY STOOD AND EARTH?S FOUNDATIONS
STAY
THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM THEY DEFENDED
AND SAVED THE WORLD FOR US TODAY
DULCE ET DECORUM EST
PRO PATEN MORT
[NAMES]

Casualties Listing

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Name Rank Unit Batt Died Bamford - Edwin Scott Captain York and Lancaster Regiment 1 25/04/1915 Barnacle - Geo. Henry Signaller South Staffordshire Regiment 7 18/04/1918 Bates - Thomas Ernest Private Gloucestershire Regiment 5 06/05/1915 Bonney - Daniel Sergeant Royal Horse Artillery 23/02/1918 Cook - Fred Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1/4 15/09/1916