St Botolph's Church - Shepshed

World War I

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  • Listing Status: Grade I
  • District: Charnwood
  • Parish: Shepshed

Stained glass window and associated bronze plaque with lettering in relief and raised foliage border decoration.

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View Further Details Memorial Type:Window, Tablet or Plaque or Board Ref: WMP1033 Other Designation: N/A Notes: Soldiers of Shepshed Remembered (2008) by Russell Fisher Information Sources: AF, PB

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St Botolph's Church - Shepshed
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Inscription Reads

IN MEMORIAM
THIS WINDOW AND TABLET ARE ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND
IN EVER GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO
LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
[NAMES]
'GRANT TO THEM, LORD, ETERNAL REST'

Casualties Listing

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Name Rank Unit Batt Died Aked - George Lieutenant 1/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment 05/03/1915 Atkin - JE Bailey - RS Barker - BB Bennett - George Private Leicestershire Regiment 5 20/05/1916
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