Donington - WWI Plaque

WWI Plaque - Taken by Mike Peck 06 Jun 2008

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Reference WMO/266853

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St. Mary and the Holy Rood Church

6 Crosslands

Donington

PE11 4UA

England

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Status: On original site

Type: Non freestanding

Location: Internal

Setting: Roadside

Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet

Materials:

Metal Bronze

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)

About the memorial: Erected in the North Aisle, East Wall, the tablet is a rolled plate of bronze, and the names stand out clear cut for all time, the whole design, grand in its simplicity. On the tablet the following is inscribed: -

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TABLET UNVEILED

Impressive Ceremony at
Donington

LOCAL GENTLEMAN’S GIFT.

	At the Parish Church, Donington, on Sunday, Colonel Gerald Bruce, late O.C. 6th Batt., Lincs. Regt., unveiled the tablet recording the names of those brave and gallant lads of Donington, who gave their lives in the fight for freedom and justice. The ceremony was an impressive one, and will long live in the hearts of those who were present.
	The tablet is a rolled plate of bronze, and the names stand out clear cut for all time, the whole design, grand in its simplicity. On the tablet the following is inscribed: -
 “To the Glory of God and to the Undying Memory of those Inhabitants of Donington, who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War, 1914 – 1918.”
	Lincolnshire Regiment: - G. Banister, E. Clarke, J.T. Fovargue, M.M., H. Elsey, C. Roberts, E. Taylor, G. Elsey, H. Brice, W. Silman, R. Steel, J. Moore, T.W. Moore: M. Sharpe, Lincolnshire Yeomanry: J.E. Banister, South Staff Regiment: G. Lona, North Staff. Regiment: E. Harrison, Yorkshire Regiment: M. Thompson, Hampshire Regiment: H. Cook, Ammunition Col.: J.T. Housley, Sherwood Foresters: A. Pell, West Riding Yorkshire; F.W. Picker, Notts. & Derby: W. Thornhill, 25th Hussars: J.A. Shaw, Somerset Light Infantry: W. Thomson, Australian Imperial Forces
	“Greater love have no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
	In unveiling the tablet, Colonel Bruce said: To generations still unborn this tablet will stand as an example-not to be afraid to make the greatest sacrifice of all in the cause of duty. In conclusion, he hoped that whatever our politics, whatever our creed, we would not lose sight of the ideals the Allies fought for. There is so much industrial unrest, so much wishing for the job somebody else has got, which is unworthy of sacrifice that had been made. I do hope all of us here will be determined to make the world a better place than it was.
	The tablet, which is the gift of Mr. H. Dods, was drawn to plans and fixed by Mr. R. Chapman, of Donington.
	Ex-service men, volunteers, special constables, and the members of the Parish Council marched in procession to the Parish Church. The Boy Scouts were in attendance. Upon the unveiling of the tablet, Bugler Stamper, of Spalding, sounded the “Last Post.”

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“To the Glory of God and to the Undying Memory of those Inhabitants of Donington, who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War, 1914 – 1918.” [names] “Greater love have no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

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Lincolnshire Regiment: - G. Banister, E. Clarke, J.T. Fovargue, M.M., H. Elsey, C. Roberts, E. Taylor, G. Elsey, H. Brice, W. Silman, R. Steel, J. Moore, T.W. Moore: M. Sharpe, Lincolnshire Yeomanry: J.E. Banister, South Staff Regiment: G. Lona, North Staff. Regiment: E. Harrison, Yorkshire Regiment: M. Thompson, Hampshire Regiment: H. Cook, Ammunition Col.: J.T. Housley, Sherwood Foresters: A. Pell, West Riding Yorkshire; F.W. Picker, Notts. & Derby: W. Thornhill, 25th Hussars: J.A. Shaw, Somerset Light Infantry: W. Thomson, Australian Imperial Forces

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