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Shackerstone and Odstone
Town or City: Nuneaton
County: Warwickshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1757
Value of grant: £650.00
Type of memorial: Non-Freestanding
Type of work: Works to hard landscape
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2006
UKNIWM reference number: 14742
At St Peter's Church in Shackerstone the war memorials take the form of stained glass windows. There are windows for both World War I and II.
As part of a community project to restore the Grade II* parish church work needed to be done to replace the protective grill on the outside of the World War I memorial and the window required cleaning. War Memorials Trust contributed £650 to the project and new stainless steel weld mesh guards, complete with stainless steel fixings were successfully fitted.
Photographs show the stained glass window, the exterior before and after the new grill was installed and the memorial window's dedication.
The World War I memorial was unveiled on 21 August 1920 by Sir Samuel Waring. The dedication was led by Reverend T. W. Walters. The World War II memorial window is dedicated to Lieutenant John Keith Richards who was killed in action, 10th August 1943.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1757
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 14742
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
