Memorial

Holbeach Churchyard Cross

Holbeach War Memorial in context from churchyard

Source: Copyright Colin Murray

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Current Location

Set back into the churchyard facing the high street., All Saints Church, High Street (B1515), Holbeach, South Holland, Lincolnshire, PE12 7LL, England

OS Grid Reference

TF 35914 24818

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 92014
Description: Cornish granite Celtic cross mounted on a cubic base with two steps. On the cross shaft there is a crusader's sword in relief, on face 1 of the base the inscription is incised and picked out in black. At the front of the bottom step is a flower holder with the years of the First and Second World Wars on the front face. The brick pillars supporting either side of the iron lattice work entrance gates have also got the wars years incised on the capstones. Iron railings surround the back and both sides, and have numerous flower holders on them, rose bushes surround all sides of the fence.
Inscription: Base: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS TOWN/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918./ THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED ON/ A TABLET IN THE CHURCH. Flower holder: 1914-1918/ 1939-1945 Left gate pillar front face: 1914 Left gate pillar inside face: 1939 Right gate pillar inside face: 1945 Right gate pillar front face: 1918

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

History

Maker(s): G Maile and Son Ltd of Euston Road, London, Designer
G Maile and Son Ltd of Euston Road, London, Sculptor
Costs: £331 8s 9d
Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: Financed by Mr John Hardy Carter JP

Ceremonies

Dedicated

7 February 1921

Canon Hutchinson, local dignitaries, parishioners

Unveiled

7 February 1921

Mr John Hardy Carter JP

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Holbeach Churchyard Cross

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Holbeach Churchyard Cross

Current Location

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

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