Levens Village Roll of Honour

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Reference WMO/176319

Address:

St John the Evangelist Church

Church Road

Levens

LA8 8PU

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Roll of Honour or Book of Remembrance
Materials:
  • Glass Glass
  • Other Fabric
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: A beautiful hand-illustrated First World War Roll of Honour which was discovered in an attic in the village. The Menin Gate, Menin Road and Arras Road are all illustrated above the inscription to men of the village, and a detailed scene from Railway Wood, Ypres, 1917 can be seen below the names. When the Roll came to light, the Levens Local History Group set about trying to find out more about it and the men commemorated, but so far the mystery has deepened. Most of the men named were in the Border Regiment and according to the Group’s research it appears that this regiment did not play a prominent part in Ypres in 1917, and the men are not commemorated on the Menin Gate which is a memorial to the missing of Ypres, so why choose these illustrations for the Roll? The illustration of the Menin Gate does help date the Roll of Honour though, as the Gate was unveiled in 1927, so the Roll must have been created around or after this time. It is signed Jackson Art Studio on the right hand lower corner but, as yet, the Levens researchers have not found any information about this company. It was cleaned and reframed by Levens Local History Group by 2018 and relocated into the Village Church
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TO THE GLORIOUS/MEMORY OF THE MEN/OF LEVENS WHO/GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/[names]/THEY DIED THAT/WE MIGHT LIVE

FRED BUTTERFIELD/WILLIAM BRENNAND/ARTHUR CHEESEMAN/WALTER T COWARD/ELLIOTT EGGLESTONE/WILLIAM A FELL/ROBERT GARNETT/MALCOLM HARRISON/LEO N KNOWLES/ARTHUR LOWTH/GEORGE W MASON/ROBERT MALLINSON/HAROLD ROUTLEDGE/THOMAS RICHARDSON/GEORGE W ROBINSON/JOSEPH SCOTT/JOSEPH WILLSHAW

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