Memorial

Comberton WW1 Organ and wall plaque

Comberton WW1 Organ

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Current Location

South side of the nave, St Marys Church, Church Lane, Comberton, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, CB23 7ED, England

TL 38377 55536

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 910
Description: A free-standing organ given to the church by the people of Comberton, as a memorial to those who gave their lives during the Great War. There are dedicatory metal plaques on the front and rear of the organ, and an associated, wall mounted, landscape orientated, metal plaque on a wooden backboard, on the wall behind the organ. The names listed on the wall hung brass plaque, include two further names on it, than the small brass plate on the organ.
Inscription: Main plaque outer edge: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ Main plaque sides: FOR THE SUFFERING OF DEATH/ CROWNED WITH GLORY AND HONOUR/ Small brown plaque on back of organ: THIS ORGAN IS IN THE CARE OF/ CEDRIC ARNOLD/ CHURCH ORGAN BUILDER/ THAXTED, SUFFOLK./ FOR SERVICE - PHONE THAXTED 338. Brass plaque on rear of organ: For our freedom, they gave their lives/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ This Church Organ and War memorial/ was installed and dedicated August 1919/ Plaque on front of organ: Centenary Rededication/ of the organ/ (War Memorial)/ 4th August 2019/ To the Glory of God/ Organ Restored in Memory of:/ Win Chubb/ Ann Law/ Kath Sice/ Val Westgarth

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 14
Died: 14
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of names: Surname, forename
Additional Information: The small organ plaque has 14 names, the large plaque has an additional 2 names

Maker(s): Edwin Tyrell of St Ives, Builder
Costs: £285
Sponsor Type: public, other
Sponsored By: Donations from residents of the village, and 2 guineas from Jesus College.
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: The cost of the organ was £135 or £150 including the erection of it in the church. It was covered by donations from residents of the village, and 2 guineas from Jesus College.
Maintenance History: In 2016 War Memorials Trust offered a grant of £290 towards the undertaking of conservation works for the repair and replacement of fractured/missing tuning tongues and the retuning of the organ to ensure the memorial could continue in its original function.; All pipes were marked with SmartWater as part of In Memorium 2014 campaign. 1963 Cedric Arnold Thaxted, Essex -plate on organ; new blower provided; Bourdon moved to Pedal and Pedals to Great , coupler provided; balanced Swell pedal; 1987 E.J. Johnson - Principal installed in place of Salicional; 2019 Norman Hall & Sons Cambridge cleaned and overhauled; front pipes re-painted to commemorate centenary of organ