Memorial

Altar Servers, St Wulfram's Church, Grantham - WW1

Plaque - 1

Source: Copyright Mike Peck

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Current Location

The Parish Church of St Wulfram, Church Street, Grantham, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, NG31 6RR, England

SK 91494 36145

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 59750
Description: Plain rectangular plaque attached to wooden pannelling. Incised inscription, mainly in black apart from the the words "GOD" and the "G" in glory in red. A red coloured, Latin cross is incised at the top centre of the plaque above the names which are in a single column of three paragraphs of text.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ JOSHUA BIRAM CROSSLEY WIGFIELD/ ROYAL ENGINEERS DIED OF WOUNDS IN/ FRANCE SEPTEMBER 21st 1918 AGED 21 YEARS./ CECIL TURNER 12th NORFOLK REGIMENT/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE 29th SEPTEMBER 1918/ AGED 22 YEARS./ WILLIAM ARTHUR HAYDON LOUNDS/ 1st LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT DIED OF WOUNDS/ FRANCE 6th OCTOBER 1918 AGED 22 YEARS./ SERVERS AT THIS ALTAR THEREFORE ARE THEY BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD/ AND SERVE HIM DAY AND NIGHT IN HIS TEMPLE./ THIS MEMORIAL WAS PLACED HERE BY THEIR PARENTS.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: surname, date died, regiment, forename, manner of death, age of death, country of death
Order of names: Date of death

Plaque

Height: 510mm

Width: 360mm

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good