Memorial

Jarvis Brothers

Source: Copyright John Bristow

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Current Location

South wall., St Peter's Church, Church Lane, Sharnbrook, North Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, MK44 1HX, England

SP 99362 59590

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 1932
Description: Rectangular tablet composed of tiles surounded by a blue and black line border and wooden frame. Commemorates five brothers killed in WW1.
Inscription: TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF FIVE BROTHERS/ LEWIS WYNDHAM JARVIS/ Canadian Infantry. Aged 38/ JAMES HENRY JARVIS/ Canadian Engineers. Aged 37/ CECIL JARVIS D.S.O., M.C./ Major Deccan Horse. Aged 35/ HUGH TOWNLEY JARVIS/ Engineer Sub. Lt. R.N.R. Aged 28/ ARNOLD SEPTIMUS GUY JARVIS/ 2nd Lt 1st N'thanks Regt. Aged 19/ WHO WERE BORN AT THE/ TOFT SHARNBROOK AND/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ ALSO OF THEIR MOTHER/ ADA MAUDE JARVIS/ WHO SUFFERED THEIR SACRI-/ FICE & DIED 23RD JULY 1919/ Their name liveth for evermore

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 5
Died: 5
Information shown: Rank,regiment,forenames,surname,age of death,relationships,decorations, surname
Order of names: Age oldest to youngest

Tablet

Height: 855MM

Width: 520MM

Made from: Ceramic

Condition: Good

Northampton Chronicle and Echo - Saturday 26 November 1921 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002130/19211126/087/0008 FIVE BRAVE BROTHERS "The following is the inscription on a tablet recently unveiled in Sharnbrook Church ......."