Memorial

Glanford Brigg Rural District 1939-1945

Glanford Brigg Rural District WW2 War Memorial

Source: Copyright Mike Pegg

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Current Location

First floor, The Angel Suite, Heritage Centre, First floor, The Angel Suite Market Place, Brigg, Lincolnshire, DN20 8LD, England

SE 99934 07183

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 91131
Description: Nowy headed copper plaque on wooden backing plate
Inscription: THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES THE LOYALTY, COURAGE, / DEVOTION AND SELF SACRIFICE OF THE 175 MEN AND WOMEN WHO WENT FROM THE SEVERAL PARISHES WITHIN THE AREA OF THE GLANFORD BRIGG RURAL DISTRICT / AND WHO LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE OF / JUSTICE AND RIGHTS OF A FREE PEOPLE 1939 - 1945 // (names) // THIS TABLET WAS PROVIDED BY THE BRIGG RURAL WAR SALVAGE ASSOCIATION (A / VOLUNTARY BODY / WHICH CONSISTED OF EQUAL NUMBERS OF MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S VOLUNTARY SERVICE AND / MEMBERS OF THE BRIGG RURAL COUNCIL NOVEMBER 1946). (Transcription of illegible parts completed with help the LINCS to the past webpage).