Memorial

Metheringham

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Current Location

Memorial garden, High Street, Metheringham, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, LN4 3EA, England

OS Grid Reference

TF 06904 61426

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 3131
Description: Soldier wearing uniform and cap badge of Lincolnshire regiment with head bowed, in mourning pose with rifle reversed, surmounting rectangular pedestal. Cornice of pedestal decorated with carved frieze including depiction of cap and rifle. In the bottom of each face there is a carved laurel wreath.
Inscription: Face 1: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF METHERINGHAM/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ ALSO/ 1939-1945 Face 2: (Names) Face 3: 1939-1945/ (Names) Face 4: (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 42
Died: 42
Information shown: Surname, initials, rank
Order of names: Surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 8
Died: 8
Information shown: Surname, initials, rank
Order of names: Surname

History

Maker(s): Frederick William Baldock, Mason
Costs: £600
Sponsor Type: private
Maintenance History: 1995: cleaned April 1995 by Tuttells of Lincoln.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

12 December 1920

The Marchioness of Carisbrooke

Dedicated

12 December 1920

Revd William Ignatius Snell Rawson, Revd Scott, Revd Redhead, Col Edmund Royds MP

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