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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
South Holland
Town
Spalding
County
Lincolnshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
48860

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Current location

9
Spalding Gentlemen's Society
Broad Street
Spalding
South Holland
Lincolnshire
PE11 1TB
England

OS Grid Ref: TF 24832 22715
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • SOAMES AND CO LTD
    Cowbit Road
    Spalding
    South Holland
    Lincolnshire
    PE11 2GN
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TF 240 220
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Rectangular brass plaque mounted onto a wooden backboard. Incised inscription in black lettering. Sword within a wreath incised at top left and right-hand sides of plaque. Single incised black line border around the plaque.
Inscription
TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEMBERS OF/ SOAMES & CO. LTD./ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ (NAMES)/ & IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN H. M. FORCES/ DURING THE GREAT WAR. 1914 - 1918./ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Arnold, T
Bates, F
Beecham, W
Border, H
Bush, J
Clarke, H
Colbourn, E
Emmitt, Geo
Fovargue, Hy
Hannaford, Geo
See details for all 29 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 29
    Served and returned: 26
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, initials, surname, decorations, regiment
    Order of information: Surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height C 900 mm, width C 600 mm
    Materials: Brass
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Responsibility
Trustees of the Spalding Centlemens' Society

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