Sileby History
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NORTH AISLE WAR MEMORIALS
North Aisle : War Memorials
WM1 (above) - First World War casualties
WM2 (below) - Second World War casualties
WM1
The memorial here was designed by Edward Parkinson, the same Sileby architect that designed the main War Memorial. This imposing church monument was unveiled in 1923 by Sir Robert Martin C.M.G., and consists of tablets built of Hopton Wood marble and Westmoreland slate.
​1914
1918
A WIDDOWSON
L MOIR
E NEWBY
A F PERRY
E PORTER
W RAVEN
B REEVES
A REFFIN
T RILEY
H ROUSE
C SARSON
W SHARPE
G SHAW
A SMITH
F SMITH
P SMITH
B TAYLOR
L TAYLOR
T TOONE
G S WARD
T WARD M.M
W WATSON
J W WELLS
H ALLEN
W ALLEN
W BARBER
A BETTS
A G BETTS
C E BETTS
P E BETTS
W V BETTS
W BREED
G BUXTON
S CLARKE
W CLARKE
L DENNIS
A FREER
J GAMBLE
L GAMBLE
R GAMBLE
C KIDGER
E KIDGER
A KING
B LAWTON
W LOVETT
J S BARBER
T H BARKER
A BEARDMAN
T CARVILL
J CHAWNER
G CLARRIDGE
F F CONDON
C DRAYCOTT
F B EASTWOOD M.M
W GAMBLE M.M
A R HARRIMAN
E HOLLAND
E HOLLINGS
M W HOLMES
E HUBBARD
J HUBBARD
W HUBBARD
F JOHNSON
E KEELING
W MEADOWS
A E MIDDLETON
H MIDDLETON
H A NEWTON
H PRESTON
E PERKINS CSM
G PHILLIPS
J E RIDDLE
J STANIFORTH
J STAPLES
W J WALKER
J WILD
L H WALTERS
A G WESTON
A E WHITTINGTON
J WHITE
W WHITE
A WHITE
C WILSON
G WOOD
H WOOD
C B YATES
C F YATES
J YATES
W YATES
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF SILEBY WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
WM2
In 1956 a second memorial was erected to the memory of those villagers that had fallen during the Second World War. It was dedicated by the Bishop of Leicester and was unveiled by Lt. Commander R Dean, R.N. This memorial was also designed by Edward Parkinson and was made of similar materials to the memorial above it.
J W ALLEN
E J ALLETT
G BARKER
W R BEADSMOORE
F W BETTS
T I BETTS
J BLUNT
F CAMERON
E COCKS
T H DAKIN
J E EVANS
H HALL
A HOWLETT
R H HUDSON
C G HUMPHREY
S LEWIS
T H MARLOW
W McDONALD
G A NEWBOLD
W ORCHARD
BETTY ORTON
T PALMER
SINCE DIED
C W BEADSMOORE
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S PEAR
C POPE
A N PRINCE
V SAUNDERS
F SHARPE
W SHARPE
E G SMITH
J D SMITH
R SMITH
D SNOW
J W WHILES
1945
​1939