Eakring St AndrewWar Memorial
 The
War Memorial, in the form of a Celtic Cross on a ‘rough-hewn’
inscribed stone base stands by the north west corner of the church and by the
roadside. It commemorates only the men of the First World War, there having
been no Eakring losses in World War II. The western face is inscribed as follows:
ERECTED IN TOKEN OF GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR VICTORY
AND TO THE HONOUR OF THE MEN OF EAKRING
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
KILLED
| A BETTS |
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H MOODY |
| W H CHERRY |
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E J MORRIS |
| H JARVIS |
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J OSBORNE |
| J KEYWORTH |
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L V PACKFORD |
| J LAUGHTON |
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J H ROWLAND |
| J A LITTLE |
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W WYKES |
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On the northern face appears the following:
| SERVED |
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WOUNDED |
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| W PACEY |
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G COBB |
| W PALIN |
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G DOBB |
| A W RAGSDALE |
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W FROST |
| G ROBINSON |
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A F GILBERT |
| A ROWLAND |
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J G ROBINSON |
| W ROWLAND |
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| J SEATON |
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| T W THORNHILL |
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The southern face displays:
SERVED
| W L BOND |
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G H GILBERT |
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P LITTLE |
| W BROOME |
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L GLEW |
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H MARSHALL |
| M CAVE |
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C GRESSWELL |
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J MARSHALL |
| W COBB |
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J W HURST |
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J MOODY |
| H ELLIS |
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F HURT |
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T OSBORNE |
| A GILBERT |
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G W HURT |
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| E GILBERT |
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O KIRK |
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Inside the church, on the north wall of the chancel, next to the organ and
behind the choir stalls is the following brass tablet:
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN HENRY ROWLAND
JAMES OSBORNE
AND
JAMES ARTHUR LITTLE
MEMBERS OF THE CHOIR OF THIS CHURCH WHO FIGHTING FOR THEIR COUNTRY
FELL IN FRANCE IN THE YEARS 1915, 1917 AND 1918 RESPECTIVELY. |
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