Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Fenland
- Town
- Wimblington
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 22nd June 1920 at 3.00 pm
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries; Revd. R.B Hill, Rector of Wimblington;
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3493
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Current location
Inside the Chapel
on east wall,
Wimblington Methodist Chapel
Norfolk Street
Wimblington
Fenland
Cambridgeshire
PE15 0QA
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 41510 92396
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Wall mounted, portrait orientated green Irish marble backboard supporting a nowy-headed, engraved dedicatory brass plaque. Crown with short-armed cross design at top of plaque, inscription, names and further inscription below, all enclosed by a foliate border band.
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY / THE PARISHIONERS OF WIMBLINGTON / IN LOVING AND REVERENT MEMORY OF / THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 -1918/ (25 NAMES) / "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Jack
Aveling, Charles E
Barnes, George W.
Bradshaw, John W
Bradshaw, Joseph
Bradshaw, Thomas W.
Cox, Percy B.
Cutteridge, Alfred J
Davison, John W
Fisher, Fred
See details for all 25 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: Alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: height 965 mm, width 635 mm
Materials: Marble - Green - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Backboard
- 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
- WIMBLINGTON WW1
- WMO ID: 119156
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 16-07-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Memorial: NIL
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Trustees of Wimblington Methodist Chapel
- Reference
- BAK 35
- Cambridgeshire Times 25 June 1920 pg 5 'Full report of dedication of all Wimblington Memorials'.
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