Frankley

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St Leonard’s, Frankley Ordnance Survey reference: SO 999805 War Memorial Contents

This listing kindly donated by Kevin Lynott


The memorial is inscribed on two columns which form an arch at the rear of the church.
The memorial to those who died in WWI is on the left hand column. The family of the two men who are commemorated donated the Bronze memorial plaques which were given to them by the government and they are set into the column at the top and bottom of the inscription.

1914 1918 DULCE ET DECORUM EST
PRO PATRIA MORI
CPL JOHN COOPER
10TH BATTN WORCS REGT

PTE GEORGE ARTHUR JEFFS
7TH BATTN ROYAL W. KENT REGT


The memorial to those who died in WWI is on the right hand column:

1939 1945 DULCE ET DECORUM EST
PRO PATRIA MORI
A.B. HARRY BESWICK
H.M.S. ROYAL OAK
CAPTn PETER P.RAIKES
ROYAL ENGINEERS M.C.
PTE HERBERT T. WITHERS
ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGT

Last modified 29 April 2000