Memorial Obelisk - St Leonard - Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire
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Memorial obelisk in St Leonard's churchyard, Aston-le-Walls.
Waymark Code: WM135RR
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/22/2020
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A combined WWI / WWII memorial obelisk in St Leonard's churchyard, Aston-le-Walls, consisting of a square sectioned, slightly tapering plinth surmounted by a square sectioned tapering obelisk. There are incised inscriptions on three sides of plinth, the top face of which is carved in relief with a draped decorative leaf arrangement.
The inscription reads -
6 o'clock face :
To the glory of God
and in honoured memory
of those men from this
parish who gave their lives
for their King and Country
in the great war 1914 to 1918
3 o'clock face :
Francis C Plowden
Godfrey B A Plowden
Percy W Taylor
John H W Harris
Francis R Edmunds
12 o'clock face :
1939 - 1945
R Adams,
T F Adams
F Coleman
Date Created/Placed: 1921
Address:
St Leonard's Churchyard
Main Street
Aston Le Walls
Northamptonshire
England
NN11 6UF
Height: 10ft
Illuminated: no
Website: [Web Link]
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