Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Lewes
- Town
- Lewes
- County
- East Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1st November 1921
Attended by: - Dedicated
Date: 1st November 1921 - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17130
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Current location
St John sub Castro Church
St John's Hill
Lewes
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 2PU
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 41477 10422
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Grey Hoptonwood stone tablet and wrought iron Chancel Screen with WW1 names of South side of the Chancel Smaller tablet below with WW2 names WMR #17131
- Inscription
- PRO DEO-PRO REGE / PRO PATRIA / 1914 - 1918 / (names) / Live thou for England, we for England died / The Chancel Screen was erected to the Glory of / GOD and in Memory of the Men from this Parish, / who laid down their lives in the Great War.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ade, E S
Arnold, D
Arnold, W G
Avis, H T
Batchelor, G G
Beney, J
Blackmore, W H
Briggs, C R
Burgess, A
Burgess, J
See details for all 68 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 68
Served and returned: 0
Died: 68
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials, surname
Order of information: surname, initials
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Screen
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Grey Hopton Wood, Wrought Iron
- Screen
- 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
- Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 04 November 1921 TABLET AT ST. JOHN'S. (list of names)
- www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/Lewes.html - Accessed 19 September 2016.
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