Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
South Kesteven
Town
Barrowby
County
Lincolnshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
Mr Omar Ramsden (Sculptor)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
65855

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Current location

All Saints Church
Church Street
Barrowby
South Kesteven
Lincolnshire
NG32 1BX
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 878 364
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A plaque with a stepped nowy-headed pediment, featuring a relief of St. George slaying the dragon. Below, the names are ordered in one column. The base features a palm leaf and rose in relief. The flag of St. George and the Union Flag flank the memorial.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN UNDYING MEMORY OF THE/ BARROWBY MEN WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (Names)/ PRO PATRIA
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 30
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 30
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Flagpole
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
  • Flag
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
  • Grade I
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
History
Names are most likely ordered by year of death.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Faculty Book Faculty Book 14, page 150 Approved: To provide and place a memorial tablet on the north wall of the nave in the Parish Church of Barrowby in memory of those parishioners who lost their lives in the Great War. The tablet is to be of bronze and about three feet ten inches by about two feet.

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