
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Tapestry / Needlepoint
- District
- South Kesteven
- Town
- Dyke
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
Date:
Attended by:
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 104099
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Current location
Baptist Chapel
Main Road
Dyke
South Kesteven
Lincolnshire
PE10 0AF
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 10525 22549
Denomination: Baptist
- Description
- Portrait-oriented rectangular Roll of Honour, painstakingly worked in cross-stitch, within a glazed oak frame. The sides and foot of the Roll have a white Greek key and chevron border on a brown background; the top border has white lettering against a brown background. The inscription in the main field surrounds a central cross, and is mainly in black lettering, with red initial letters. To the left and right of the cross are details of those who served in the First and Second World Wars respectively, with the names of those who died in the upper section and those who survived in the lower section.
- Inscription
- LORD GOD OF HOSTS, BE WITH US YET/ LEST WE FORGET - LEST WE FORGET/ 1914-1918/ (5 NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (1 NAME)/ THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD/ (33 WW1 and 32 WW2 NAMES)/ THEY ALSO SERVED
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 31
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname, whether died
Order of information: Grouped by whether died/survived, then alphabetical by surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 33
Served and returned: 28
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname, whether died
Order of information: Grouped by whether died/survived, then alphabetical by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Glass - Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Needlework
- Frame
- 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
- History
- The tapestry was created and erected circa 2014, to supersede the parish's earlier Roll of Honour (our record of which is WMR 62291).
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- DYKE BAPTIST CHAPEL AND SCHOOLROOM CIO (Charity number: 1190710).
- Reference
- Our record of the parish's earlier version of the WW1/WW2 Roll of Honour can be found at www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/62291
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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