Memorial

Sompting WW1&2

Lychgate

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church, Church Lane, Sompting, Adur, West Sussex, BN15 0AZ, England

TQ 16184 05623

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Gate
WMR Reference Number: 71938
Description: Wooden lychgate with the WW1&2 names on the stone coffin rest
Inscription: On roof beam: 1914 TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD 1918. On WW1 a names panel: By Thy Cross and Passion On WW1 b names panel: Good Lord deliver them On WW1 c names panel: By Thy Glorious Resurrection On WW1 d names panel: Good Lord deliver them. On top of coffin rest: 1939 - 45 On tablet: GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE / TO THE MEN OF SOM[TING / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 21
Died: 21
Information shown: forename, surname, cause of death, place of death, date of death
Order of names: date of death.

Shelter

Made from: Wood

Condition: Poor

Stand

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Booklet 16 : The Lych Gate at St Mary’s Church, Sompting - “Monument to the Glorious Dead”. Author Eileen Colwell - Lancing and Sompting Pathfinders - https://sites.google.com/site/lancsompastfinders/Home/history-of-the-villages-booklets