Memorial

City Of Lincoln

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Outside Church, St. Benedict's Church, High Street, Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7AU, England

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SK 97491 71114

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 20290
Description: Gothic revival market cross with central octagonal stone column surmounted by stone closed lantern. Lantern has pitched roof and displays a relief of the Crucifixon. Column surmounts a wider octagonal stone plinth. Plinth has four projecting butresses, one from each corner. Butresses have stone tablets on each side which bear name and inscription. Butresses are also pitched at the top and terminate with a stone finial. Whole is set on a two-stepped base in a paved area and surrounded by a wall with two entrance pillars.
Inscription: Front Face: THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN UNDYING/ MEMORY OF/ THOSE MEN AND/ WOMEN OF THIS/ CITY WHO MADE/ THE SUPREME/ SACRIFICE/ IN THE FIRST/ AND SECOND/ WORLD WARS/ ERECTED BY/ THE CITIZENS/ OF LINCOLN/ THIS STONE WAS LAID BY/ JOHN HARRIS ESQR. J.P./ CHAIRMAN - LINCOLN WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE./ 5TH APRIL 1922. Front Face (original inscription): TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN UNDYING/ MEMORY OF/ THOSE MEN AND/ WOMEN OF THIS/ CITY WHO MADE/ THE SUPREME/ SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918./ ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF LINCOLN/ THIS STONE WAS LAID BY/ JOHN HARRIS ESQR. J.P./ CHAIRMAN - LINCOLN WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE./ 5TH APRIL 1922. Other Faces: (Names) Tablet at base of one of the buttresses: IN MEMORY OF/ MY DEAR SON/ G. W. ( BILL) FOWLER/ LOST IN H.M.S. BARHAM/ NOV. 25TH 1941/ AGED 25./ ALSO HIS DAD/ KILLED IN 1918/ AGED 25. Flower Holder, side one: IN/ MEMORY OF/ FLT. LT./ MICHAEL/ BARNARD Flower holder, side two: MISSING/ OVER THE/ NORTH SEA/ 12-2-85/ AGED 32 Flower Holder: TO THE/ MEMORY OF/ OUR DEAR SON/ AND BROTHER/ 'JACK'/ GUNNER/ V. GRAY/ FROM/ MUM DAD/ SISTERS/ AND BROTHERS

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 970
Died: 970
Information shown: Surname, initial, decorations
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, year of death, place of death, forename, manner of death, age at death

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
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City Of Lincoln

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