Our Resident Memorials
Sometimes it is not possible for memorials at risk to be placed back into their original setting. This can be for a number reasons such as the building is to be demolished, there is a risk of theft or vandalism or a change of use/ownership of the premises.
In these cases, we are able to take the memorial concerned into our care in the Chancel of All Saints’ Church. There they are mounted on purpose built display stands with information boards detailing their provenance.
It is these memorials which are available to view on our open days.
2nd Lieutenant George Ernest Woodward was a junior officer in the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment and was killed in action on 29th September 1918 aged 28…
This memorial window is one of the largest memorials we have in our collection…
One of two Roll of Honour boards commemorating the men connected to the Belgrave & District Working Men’s Club…
One of two Roll of Honour boards commemorating the men connected to the Belgrave & District Working Men’s Club…
Slightly damaged, but have now saved this memorial for future generations…
A wonderful Roll of Honour that was saved from a skip…
A memorial plaque commemorating Keith Carter and Harry Hopkins being the two members of the now-closed United Reform Church in Evington who died during the Second World War….
Claremont Street Methodists have a long and distinguished history. Originally founded as an informal gathering in a cottage by labouring people in Belgrave in 1820…
This was the memorial that was found on eBay from the Congregational Church on the Humberstone Road and Newby Street corner…
A little memorial commemorating Corporal William Butler Wright…
A framed lithograph shows a group of soldiers kneeling before a makeshift altar during World War One in Flanders fields…
Listing fifteen names of people who had attended Sunday School at the Cross Street Methodist Church who lost their lives in WW1…
This is from what we believe to be the Knighton & Clarendon Park Conservative Club….
The recovery of this memorial is quite remarkable… when the story unfolded it proved to be a truly inspiring story of luck and persistence…
Find out more about the Certificate of Disabled Discharge of Lance Corporal Atkinson-Hall…
An interesting memorial dedicated to the Scoutmasters, Patrol Leaders, Seconds and Scouts of the Leicester [Boy Scouts] Association who lost their lives in WW1…
Commemorating members of the Leicester Dyers & Scourers Trade Society who lost their lives in WW1…
A memorial from Oadby & Wigston Borough Council….
This Roll of Honour to members of the Club who served in both World Wars…
These two fine bonze memorials were retrieved from the cellar of what is now St Martin’s House in Peacock Lane…
A memorial to the men of the former Regent Club in Hinckley who sacrificed their lives in the Second World War…
This memorial was passed on to us by the Church of the Nativity in Aylestone Park, Leicester who had taken it into their care when the church was closed…
This is another memorial which came from St Saviour’s and again having no value was left damaged on the ground…
This was another memorial rescued from St. Saviour’s. A wooden book support which folds out. On the front is depicted a shield enclosing a crown of thorns and three nails….
These candlesticks both vanished. An appeal was made in the Leicester Mercury in April 2015 but there was no response. In 2017 DSK received a phone call…
This beautiful Roll of Honour carefully crafted by a calligrapher in memory of members of the congregation killed in World War 2…
An interesting memorial column from St. Augustine’s Church in Leicester…
Although the memorial from St. Marks no longer exists, it does carry a story which highlights the way in which memorials can be put “at risk”…
Designed by Everard & Pick and built in 1897. After an unsuccessful appeal to convert the building it was demolished in 1996….
We have recreations of three stained glass windows which were sadly lost to vandalism some years ago. Lt. Frank Percy Haines, 8th Bn, 2nd Lt. Harvey Priestman Flint MC, and Cpl Bertrand Hatton West…
A recreation of a memorial which was located at St. Saviour’s Road Church in Leicester….
A sadly lost Roll of Honour from the Standard Engineering factory in Evington Valley Road, Leicester. We are appealing for more information on this memorial…
This fine memorial with its 25 names and moving wording, came to us from the Cathedral in September 2021…
Dedicated to the memory of the City of Leicester Tramways and Electricity Department who lost their lives in both World Wars…
These two war memorials have been taken into care after the closure of The Royce Institute in 2021…
A memorial framed picture and plaque from this now-closed church….
This memorial comes from the Vann Street Methodist Church which has long since gone….
This memorial comes from the Vernon Road Methodist Church in Aylestone, which is no longer a place of worship….
A war memorial from the old Wigston Council offices….
Roll of Honour (Legacy)
From our previous website, here you can view all the names of those who are listed on our resident memorials.
