KENSWORTH - CENOTAPH

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Reference WMO/294767

Address:

Kensworth Methodist Church

Common Road

Kensworth

LU6 3RH

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Cenotaph
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Stone cenotaph on plinth and concrete base, standing outside to the east of the church. Two white marble tablets affixed to the south face, facing towards the road; the larger WW1 memorial at the top and a smaller WW2 tablet below.
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Upper: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN IMPERISHABLE MEMORY / OF / [NAMES x 19] / WHO FELL FIGHTING FOR THE / SACRED CAUSE OF / LIBERTY AND FREEDOM, / IN THE WAR OF 1914 - 1918. / NOW THE LABOURER'S TASK IS O'ER, / NOW THE BATTLE DAY IS PAST, / NOW UPON THE FARTHER SHORE / LAND THE VOYAGERS AT LAST. / FATHER, IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING / LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANTS SLEEPING. Lower: 1939 - 1945 / [names x 4]

WW1: Ernest Bradwin, George Collier, Leonard Collier, Sidney Cutler, Maurice Dickens, Arthur Durrant, George Flitton, George Hull, Sidney Keys, Harry Moulster, Charles Moulster, John Moulster, Herbert Miller, William Skinner, Herbert Sharp, William Taylor, Frederick Willis, Hedley Whinnett, Victor Woodcraft. WW2: Percy Adams, Alec Cook, John Hazel, Victor Woodcraft.

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