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Memorial details

Memorial type
Sculptured / Cast figure
District
Fenland
Town
Wimblington
County
Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 22nd June 1922 at 1500 (3.00 pm)
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries. Rev R.B Hill, Rector of Wimblington.
  • Rededicated
    Date: 8th October 2005
    Attended by: Reverend G Coggins, Vicar of St Peter's.
  • Unveiled
    Date: 7th November 1947
    Attended by: Undefined
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
3487

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Current location

In St Peter's Churchyard
St Peter’s Church
Church Sreet
Wimblington
Fenland
Cambridgeshire
PE15 0QS
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 41621 92082
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
The village war memorial for Wimblington, an Angel of peace (victory) with outspread wings, downcast eyes, one hand uplifted to heaven and holding a wreath in the other, on a stepped stone plinth base. Base added in 1947. Names are in the Roman style with an incised 'V' section and painted black.
Inscription
(PLINTH) THIS STONE / IS ERECTED BY THE / PARISHONERS (SIC) OF WIMBLINGTON / ALSO THE WINDOW AND THE TABLETS / IN THE CHURCH AND CHAPELS / IN LOVING AND REVERENT MEMORY OF / THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918. / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS (BASE) 1939-1945 (CORNER FLOWER POTS) R.B.L./ WILMINGTON / PARISHIONERS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adams, Jack
Aveling, Charles E
Barnes, George W
Bradshaw, John W
Bradshaw, Joseph
Bradshaw, Thomas W
Brooks, James W
Burton, James H
Cheshire, Harry W
Cox, Percy B
See details for all 34 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 25
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 25
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: forename, surname,regiment
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 9
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 9
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: forename, surname,regiment
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Figure
    Measurements: depth 1300MM, height 3000MM, width 1300MM
    Materials: Marble - Italian
  • Base
    Measurements: height 300MM
    Materials: Undefined
  • Plinth
    Measurements: height 1300 mm
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
  • Wimblington War Memorial
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
History
2005: Restoration work on the war memorial took place; 2001: Memorial in need of repair; 1994: Memorial was repaired by a specialist and was re-erected in spring 1994.; 1993: Repaired and replaced; 1991: The angel statue fell down and broke into several pieces whilst being cleaned by a local stone mason for the RBL. It was the result of not being propery fixed originally. c.1970: An attempt was made to refurbish the inscriptions and a list of names but it was decided that the corrosion of the lead and adjacent marble was too bad and therefore new marble plates were fixed over the existing faces of the memorial by a local stone mason. This was when the spelling error of "Parishoners" instead of "Parishioners" was made.
Costs

Site: Site was given free of charge.
Comments: The restoration work on the war memorial took place and was carried out by Fairhaven of Anglesey Abbey, near Cambridge, at a total cost of £5,750.00 + VAT. The work commenced in mid 2005 and was completed in September 2005. An appeal for funds was launched in 2005, with £ 5,000 being raised. The parish council has made up the shortfall to £6,500 enabling the work to be completed.
Memorial: Not known

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Responsibility
Wimblington Parish Council
Reference
  • www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/119162/ (for a full photographic record showing the WW1 names and the balance of the WW2 names)
  • Cambridgeshire, Wimblington Metro 9/08/05 'Soldier is erased from memorial'.
  • "The Daily Telegraph" 3 August 2005 - see also Volume I - "Cambridgeshire Times" 15th December 2000
  • "Eastern Daily Press" 4 August 2005
  • "Cambridgeshire Times" 14 October 2005 'New look for war memorial'
  • "The Times Online" Monday August 8 2005 'Soldier's name is purged from war dead memorial'
  • "The Times" Monday August 8 2005 'Soldier's name is purged from war dead memorial'
  • news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4741291.stm 03/08/2005 War veteran removed from memorial
  • National Inventory of War Memorials - Fenland Survey - 26/11/93. Ref. No. 29
  • Letter from the district coordinator, Fenland District Survey, The National Inventory of War Memorials, dated 2nd January 2001.
  • Letter from the technical advisor, Wimblington Parish Council on the restoration of Wimblington War Memorial, dated October 2005.
  • Letter from the technical advisor, Wimblington Parish Council about the restoration of the Wimblington War Memorial and the removal of Percy B Cox Leicester Regt from the memorial, dated 1st November 2003
  • "Cambridgeshire Times" 14 November 1947 - Short report under "Village Paragraphs" about unveiling additional names.
  • "Cambridgeshire Times" 25 June 1920 pg 5 - Full Report of Dedication of all Wimblington Memorials with photograph.

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