Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- East Lindsey
- Town
- Great Carlton
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 20400
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Current location
Junction Of Main Road and Glebe Road
Great Carlton
East Lindsey
Lincolnshire
LN11 8JX
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 40876 85410
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Village Hall
Main Road
Great Carlton
East Lindsey
Lincolnshire
LN11 8JU
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 41052 85259
Denomination: Undefined
- Village Hall
- Description
- Small worked Celtic Wheel Cross on tapering plinth Celtic tracery on Face 1 of the cross, inscription on face 1 of the plinth and names on faces 2, 3 and 4.
- Inscription
- Face 1: IN HONOUR OF/ THE GREAT CARLTON MEN/ WHO ANSWERED THE CALL/ OF KING AND COUNTRY/ 1914 - 1918/ TO GOD THE GLORY. Face 2: (names) Face 3 (names) Face 4: (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Burnett, H
Clark, J
Clark, S
Clark, W
Cross, J
Cross, W
Dobbs, G
Dobbs, J
Flowers, H F
Flowers, L
See details for all 49 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 49
Served and returned: 49
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 2055mm, width 580mm
Materials: Granite - Base
Measurements: height 1080mm, width 920mm
Materials: Stone - York
- Cross
- 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
- Great Carlton Cross
- WMO ID: 208761
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 06-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Letters recut 1985. Cleaned and relocated to present site for the Millenium in 2000
- Costs
Memorial: FREE
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Parish Council
- Reference
- "Great Carlton War Memorial." Historic England, historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1487236. Accessed 16 August 2024.
- The First World War Memorials of Lincolnshire - Michael Credland
- See WMR record 62096 for casualties.
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