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Great Bowden WWII
Town or City: Great Bowden
County: Leicestershire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM3682
Value of grant: £125.00
Type of memorial: Non-Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2005
UKNIWM reference number: 55038
Two plaques from Great Bowden Congregational Chapel record the fallen of the Parish from the First and Second World Wars. This record deals with the Second World War memorial made of Alabaster. Details of the First World War plaque are under record WM1538. In 2005 a project to redevelop the Great Bowden war memorial hall included moving the memorials into the new Committee Room following their removal from the Chapel when it was sold in 2003.
War Memorials Trust gave £125 towards conservation work on the plaque which included some minor repairs and re-lettering, cleaning and installation in their new location.
The Second World War tablet was erected in 1946 and reads:
To the Glory of God
and in honoured memory of
Michael George Berry
Ernest Charles Butler
Arthur Cotton
George Ray Dawson
Michael Gillilan
Charles Greville-Heygate
Felix Charles James
Gordon Charles Peaker
Ronald Ernest Sneath
Sidney Eric Tilley
Ernest Williams
Who made the supreme sacrifice in
the Second World War 1939-1945
and with thanksgiving for those
whose lives were spared.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM3682
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 55038
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
