Memorial

Swinefleet

full frontal view

Source: Copyright Lisa Jennings

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Current Location

Left Hand side of High Street heading towards Goole, Swinefleet, Scunthorpe, South Yorkshire, DN14 8AR, England

SE 76634 21925

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 51653
Description: BASE SURMOUNTED BY PLINTH, TAPERED COLUMN, CORNICE AND FIGURE OF A SOLDIER STANDING WITH HIS RIFLE IN HIS HAND. INSCRIPTION ON THREE SIDES OF THE COLUMN. WHOLE IS ENCLOSED BEHIND GREEN PAINTED METAL RAILINGS. FOULED ANCHOR WITH WREATH IS CARVED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT FACE OF THE PLINTH
Inscription: 6 OCLOCK FACE: THE/ 1914 GREAT 1918/ WAR/ IN MEMORIAM/ (NAMES) 9 OCLOCK FACE: 1939 THE WORLD WAR 1945/ "WHEN WE ARE DEAD LOOK FOR OUR RESTING/ PLACE/ NOT IN THE EARTH BUT IN THE HEARTS/ OF MEN"/ THEIR NAMES LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE/ (NAMES) 3 OCLOCK FACE: THIS MONUMENT/ WAS ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ AS A MARK OF GRATITUDE/ TO THOSE WHO DIED/ AND IN RECOGNITION/ OF ALL WHO SERVED.

Figure

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Memorial

Height: C 5500MM

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good