Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
North East Lincolnshire
Town
Cleethorpes
County
Lincolnshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 9 March 1918
    Attended by: Brigadier General C B Westmacott
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
34927

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Current location

Inside Cleethorpes Cemetery
Cleethorpes Cemetery
Cleethorpes
North East Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
England

OS Grid Ref: TA 29975 08116
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Cross above a three-panelled wall with an explanatory shield in front on the ground. Whole is located on top of a grassy mound and surrounded by a garden in which most of the men commemorated on the memorial are buried.
Inscription
Centre: IN MEMORIAM/ NCO'S & MEN/ 3RD BATTALION/ THE MANCHESTER REGT/ (Names)/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHILST/ SERVING THEIR COUNTRY ON / APRIL 1ST 1916. Left and right sides: (Names) Shield: IN MEMORIAM OF THE MEMORY OF THE 3RD BATTALION MANCHESTER REGT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 1ST 1916. A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT FROM THE CLEETHORPES BAPTIST CHURCH. DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY 1 COR X V 54.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ball, W
Ball, Wilfred Ernest
Beardsley, J
Beardsley, Joseph
Beaumont, L A
Beaumont, Louis Archie
Bell, S
Bell, Samuel
Bodsworth, W
Bodsworth, William Robert
See details for all 67 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 31
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 31
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Service number, rank, surname, initial
    Order of information: Alphabetically by rank
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: height 2500mm
    Materials: Stone
  • Wall
    Measurements: height 850mm, width 640mm
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Graveyard staff, North East Lincolnshire Council
Reference
  • Carter Postcard Collection
  • History of the 3rd Bn. Manchester Regt., unpublished typescript in the Machester Regt. Archives

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