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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Peterborough
- Town
- Woodston
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 3/4/1920
Attended by: Reverend N.J. Raper (dedicated the memorial), relatives of the fallen and parishioners
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 19086
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Current location
At the main entrance to the church
ST AUGUSTINES CHURCH
Oundle Rd
Woodston
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE2 9PW
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 18598 97813
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Gabled oak lych gate, roofed with Collyweston tiles. On the south face of the arch is the carved figure of St George, with his foot resting on the slain dragon. On the north face, the arch has the carved figure of the Good Shepherd, above the gold-painted raised lettering of the commemoration. Beneath that are two bronze plaques, one either side of the gateway, bearing the inscription and names of the fallen.
- Inscription
- (Above gate): IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF WOODSTON WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 (Plaque 1): THIS LYCH GATE WAS ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF WOODSTON WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO/ MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS/ FRIENDS"/(names) (Plaque 2): (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Percy
Afford, Sam
Allum, Wilfrid
Baker, Frank
Berrisford, Bertie
Bigley, Stephen A
Burton, John W
Cooke, William M
Cornwall, Nelson
Crowson, Ernest
See details for all 49 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 49
Served and returned: 0
Died: 49
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename and surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: height 600MM, width 330MM
Materials: Bronze - Gate
Measurements: depth 2250MM, height 4000MM, width 4000MM
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaques
- 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
- Woodston
- WMO ID: 238165
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 14-07-2016]
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- Costs
Memorial: c£345
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Church of England
- Reference
- Peterborough & Hunts Standard dated 10/4/1920: report of the dedication ceremony of the lych-gate, including the names of the architect and maker, and the approximate cost of the memorial
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