Memorial

Wrangle

Wrangle - WW1 And WW2 Cross

Source: Copyright Mike Peck

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Church Lane And Church End, Wrangle, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE22 9EW, England

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TF 42452 50894

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 59812
Description: Crucifix with a covering set on a long shaft and eight-sided stepped plinth. The whole is set on a circular base with gravel infill.
Inscription: Top stone front face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL / AND UNDYING LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE 27 MEN FROM/ WRANGLE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ AND IN HONOUR OF ALL/ THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY Top stone right face: (Names)/ REST ETERNAL GRANT TO/ THEM O LORD. Middle stone right face: THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD/ AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD Top stone rear face: (Names)/ LET LIGHT PERPETUAL/ SHINE UPON THEM Middle stone rear face: AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN Top stone left face:(Names)/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE Middle stone left face: AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 27
Died: 27
Information shown: surname, forenames, decorations
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 4
Died: 4
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of names: surname

History

Maker(s): Mr George Henry Linnell of Grantham, Mason
Maintenance History: 2008: Lettering heavily eroded.

Ceremonies

Dedicated

17 October 1920

Revd Herbert Arthur Barker MA, parishioners

Unveiled

17 October 1920

Maj. Oliver Cooper TD

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