Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- North Kesteven
- Town
- Chapel Hill
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians, First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 63945
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Current location
Adjacent to the old church.
Holy Trinity Churchyard
North Forty Foot Bank
Chapel Hill
North Kesteven
Lincolnshire
LN4 4QB
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 20753 53768
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A tapering cross shaft, four-sided with chamfered corners with a square base and a three-stage plinth. The inscription and names are incised and picked out in black. The memorial honours those who died in the First World War and Second World War, both soldiers and civilians.
- Inscription
- Face 1 shaft: LORD ALL PITYING Face 1 plinth: 1914-1918/ IN LOYAL AND THANKFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS/ PARISH WHOSE LIVES WERE GIVEN/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY. Face 2 shaft: ETERNAL REST./ AMEN. Face 2 plinth: (names) Face 3 shaft: GRANT THEM THINE/ Face 3 shaft: ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (names) Face 4 shaft: JESU BLEST Face 4 plinth: (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Agutter, Charles Edward
Bailey, Walter
Baxter, Richard
Cottingham, Joseph
Forman, John
Martin, Frederick
Martin, John
Richardson, Annie
Richardson, John
Richardson, J.t.
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: height 1000m
Materials: Stone - Cross
Measurements: height 2500mm
Materials: Stone
- Plinth
- Listing information
- Chapel Hill War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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