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    Memorial

    Scremby with Grebby

    Scremby war memorial Face 1

    Source: Copyright Colin Murray

    1/5

    Current Location

    In the Churchyard, St Peter and St Paul Church, Cook's Lane, Scremby, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, PE23 5RP, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TF 44324 67741

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    99592
    Description
    A simple Latin cross with a crusader sword on the front face, supported on a square die base with two octagonal steps. Inscriptions are incised on faces 1, 2 and 4.
    Inscription
    Face 1: THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED IN THANKFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE FROM THIS/ PARISH WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED/ AND ALSO OF ALL THOSE WHO FOUGHT/ AND DIED FOR ENGLAND/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE. Face 2: YE THAT LIVE ON/ MIDST ENGLAND'S PASTURES GREEN/ REMEMBER US AND THINK/ WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. Face 4: (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    6
    Died
    6
    Information shown
    Surname. forename, rank, regiment
    Maker(s)
    • Messrs E Browning and Son of Spilsby, Mason

    Costs
    £93
    Sponsor Type
    public
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    Total cost for construction and the memorial was £93 from public subscription

    Ceremonies

    Dedicated

    3 April 1921

    Revd Charles Tudor Williams BA, ex servicemen, friends and relatives

    Unveiled

    3 April 1921

    Major Edward Devon Newman, Revd Buchanan

    Components

    Memorial

    Height: c2750mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Poor


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1450517

    • The First World War Memorials of Lincolnshire - Michael Credland