Memorial

Upton and Coppingford Board WW1

Upton WW1 Board

Source: Copyright Michael Barker

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Current Location

St Margaret's Church, Green Lane, Upton and Coppingford, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5YE, England

TL 17449 78505

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 76655
Description: Wooden carved board with tracery at top. The inscription is in incised gold-painted lettering.
Inscription: TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN MEMORY OF THOSE PARISHIONERS / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 (Names) / GOD PROVED THEM AND FOUND/ THEM WORTHY FOR HIMSELF/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER THEM/ SEE THAT THEIR NAMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN

Maintenance History: St Margaret's Church was Grade II* Listed on 28/1/1958, List Entry Number 1130171.

Unveiled

02 May 1920

The Lord Lieutenant (Mr. Howard Coote) unveiled the memorial.

Board

Made from: Wood - Oak

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II*

List Entry: 1130171

Peterborough Standard Saturday 8/5/1920 reported: 'UPTON. WAR MEMORIAL.--A handsome carved oak tablet in the Parish Church was unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant (Mr. Howard Coote) on Sunday. It bears the inscription in incised letters: "To the Glory of God, and in memory of those parishioners who fell in the great war. 1914-1918: Charles F. Street. John W. Smith. Arthur E. Ball. John R. White. Harry C. White. Benjamin Mayhew.--God proved them and found them worthy of himself—Let those who come after them see that their names are not forgotten"'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003301/19200508/154/0012