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    Memorial

    Skellingthorpe

    Skellingthorpe cross

    Source: Copyright Colin Murray

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    Current Location

    Facing Lower Church Road, St Lawrence's Churchyard, Lower Church Road, Skellingthorpe, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, LN6 5UZ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SK 92584 72108

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    54162
    Description
    A Runic cross with the WW1 names incised on a sunken polished panel cut into the sloping die-base, placed on a square base and concrete foundation. The WW2 names are incised in a polished panel which is mounted onto the lower front face of the cross shaft.
    Inscription
    Die-base: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE/ MEN OF SKELLINGTHORPE WHO/ DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919./ (Names) SHAFT OF CROSS: IN MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE WAR OF/ 1939-1945
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    19
    Died
    19
    Information shown
    Surname, initials, awards
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    5
    Died
    5
    Information shown
    Surname, initials
    Order of names
    Surname
    Maker(s)
    • MESSRS M TUTTELL, Builder

    Maintenance History
    Tablet added to base of shaft after the Second World War.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    22 May 1920

    Lt Col Edmund Royds OBE MP, Revd Thomas Hamilton, Revd Marshall Johnson, parishioners

    Dedicated

    22 May 1920

    Lt Col Edmund Royds OBE MP, Revd Thomas Hamilton, Revd Marshall Johnson, parishioners

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Granite - Cornish


    Condition: Good


    Tablet

    Height: 380mm

    Width: 305mm

    Depth: 25mm


    Made from: Granite - Cornish


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Made from: Granite - Cornish


    Condition: Good


    Base

    Made from: Concrete


    Condition: Good


    Memorial

    Height: 3200mm


    Made from: Granite - Cornish


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1440929

    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    166031

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    • Sleaford Journal 29 May 1920
    • The First World War memorials of Lincolnshire - Michael Credland