Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Boston
- Town
- Wigtoft
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26 December 1920
Attended by: Maj S C Wright DSO - Dedicated
Date: 26 December 1920
Attended by: Rev W H Judd, vicar - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 59480
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Current location
North side of nave.
St Peter and St Paul Church
Church Road
Wigtoft
Boston
Lincolnshire
PE20 2NJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 26187 36208
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wonderful WW1 book placed within a wooden desk. The desk has two wide, decorative, legs and dedicatory inscription in gold lettering on top. The book has a brown leather cover with decorative chasing along edges of sides and parchment pages. On each page is a photo of each serviceman and a short resume of their service record. The desk also contains an identical WW2 book.
- Inscription
- Desk top: WIGTOFT/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ 1914+19 WW1 Book: WIGTOFT/ ROLL OF HONOUR. 1914-1919
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aspland, Joseph Anthony
Bannister, Fred
Baxter, Frederick William
Baxter, Percy Collyer
Beecham, Ernest
Bosnell, Jesse
Bowser, Harold Hurrell
Bradbury, Horace Arthur
Bugg, Arthur Leslie
Bugg, Charles Herbert
See details for all 96 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 96
Served and returned: 77
Died: 19
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional,decorations
Order of information: additional,surname,forename,age of death,regiment,manner of death,year died
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Book
Measurements: depth 50mm, height 390mm, width 260mm
Materials: Parchment, Leather - Desk
Measurements: depth 500mm, height 1100mm, width 670mm
Materials: Wood
- Book
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Boston and Spalding Free Press 10 August 1920; 28 Decmber 1920
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