Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Holland
- Town
- Gedney
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 20450
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Current location
On the wall of the south aisle
ST Mary Magdelene Church
Church End
Gedney
South Holland
Lincolnshire
PE12 0BU
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 40259 24346
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Two wall mounted white marble tablets. WW1 tablet above WW2 tablet. Both tablets have lettering in black and red. Names in two columns. Top tablet is pitched at top with column effect on either side. Carved Crucifix top centre of WW1 tablet.
- Inscription
- (WW1 TABLET): IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ "ETERNAL REST GIVE THEM, O LORD, AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL/ SHINE UPON THEM" (WW2 TABLET): 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Beba, Harry C
Bills, Raymond T.
Bothamley, William
Briston, William J
Chandler, John T
Crowson, Harold
Disdel, Arthur O.
Ellis, William E.
Foreman, Albert E.
Franks, Harold C
See details for all 28 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 90mm, height 690mm, width 950mm
Materials: Marble - White - Tablet
Measurements: depth 25mm, height 220mm, width 695mm
Materials: Marble - White - Backboard
Measurements: depth 30mm, height 340mm, width 1160mm
Materials: Marble - Grey - Backboard
Measurements: depth 30, height 700, width 1160mm
Materials: Marble - Black
- Tablet
- 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
- Gedney WW1/2 Tablets
- WMO ID: 262752
- Condition: Good [last updated on 11-04-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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