William Bernard Shaw and the men of Great Longstone

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Reference WMO/249777

Address:

St Giles' Church

Church Lane

Great Longstone

DE45 1TB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Timber Timber (any)
  • Timber Oak
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: An oak lych gate with a tiled roof and with wooden name boards and a crucifix. The lych gate is constructed of heavy oak timbers and has open framed gates at the centre. The upper part of the north side is panelled and bears a carved wooden crucifix with inscriptions on the front and sides. The crucifix is flanked by two oak boards bearing further names. Two further oak boards are attached to the corner struts on the west elevation and these bear a further inscription. Another inscription is placed on the inner face of the east roof beam. The incised and gilded inscriptions are in mixed case upright roman lettering. The board on the right strut also bears an incised depiction of the badge of the Royal Sussex Regiment. It is on the east side of the road at the entrance to the new graveyard. According to CWGC the parents of William Bernard Shaw lived at Brighton,
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Face of crucifix: (Names) Left side of crucifix: O LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKEST AWAY Right side of crucifix THE SINS OF THE WORLD, GRANT US THY PEACE ; Left board: (Names) ;Right board: (Names) ;Board on left strut: To the dear and honoured memory of/ WILLIAM BERNARD SHAW/ Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regt;. Board on right strut: Fell at Vimy Ridge/ April 12th., 1917; Roof beam: AND OF ALL WHO HAVE LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR FRIENDS

John Ward April 15 1918 aet 27, Robert Robinson July 24 1918 aet 30, Fred Slack Aug 25 1918 aet 36, Arthur Ward Sept 5 1918 aet 38, Arthur Morton Mar 8 1919 aet 31, Hubert Bradshaw Dixon Mar 12 1915 aet 36, Wm Bernard Shaw Apr 12 1917 aet 22, Stanley Ferns Jeffcoat Apr 29 1917aet 32, George Blackwell Aug 16 1917 aet 24, James Renwick Timm Aug 16 1917 aet 24, George Wm Furniss Sept 17 1917 aet 23, Fred Morton Oct 4 1917 aet 32, Herbert Elliot 12.4.18 aet 25, James Hewitt 13.4.18 aet 21, Frank Pullen 15.11.18 aet 19, Harold Robinson 1.7.18 aet 25. These names all are on the village memorial except Shaw, Blackwell and Pullen. Timms is on the village memorial but listed as WW2, unless there was a second James R Timm.

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