Memorial

Lincoln Christ's Hospital School - Memorial Tablet, WW1 and WW2

Christs Hospital Memorial Tablet

Source: Copyright Peter Harrod

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In the school cloisters, LINCOLN CHRIST'S HOSPITAL SCHOOL, Wragby Road, Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4PN, England

SK 98600 72400

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 20298
Description: WALL MOUNTED MARBLE TABLET. NOWY-HEADED IN WHITE MARBLE WITH DARKER MARBLE SURROUND. NAMES IN BLACK LETTERING IN FOUR COLUMNS. GOLD MALTESE CROSS WITHIN LAUREL WREATH IN RELIEF AT TOP CENTRE. THERE IS ALSO A BLACK PLAQUE ON THE WALL TO THE RIGHT.
Inscription: Main memorial - IN MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO/ SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ AND THAT COMMENCING 1939/ (NAMES) Black Plaque - Floreat Lindum/ In memory of ninety-four men and one woman/ once members of our school, who are numbered/ amongst those who at the call of King and Country/ left all that was dear to them and endured hardness/ faced danger and finally passed out of sight of/ men by the path of duty and self sacrifice giving up/ their own lives that others might live in freedom/ WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THEM

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 49
Died: 49
Information shown: surname, initials
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: 2 further names, of GA and CG Kirk, are listed under the WW2 heading but noted as WW1, presumably later additions

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Surname, Initials
Additional Information: The name of Miss E Fowle appears at the end of the memorial, after two WW2 names: she attended Lincoln Girls' High School and may well be a later addition.

Maker(s): W G WATKINS FRIBA, Designer
Alumnus Lincolniensis, President of OLS, Sculptor