Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
East Lindsey
Town
Hagworthingham
County
Lincolnshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Maker
E Browning and Sons of Spilsby (Mason)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 11 November 1919
    Attended by: Revd Arthur Needham Claye, local dignitaries and parishioners
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
42938

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Current location

Hagworthingham Church
Church Lane
Hagworthingham
East Lindsey
Lincolnshire
PE23 4LP
England

OS Grid Ref: TF 34395 69247
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Traceried cross atop a tapered shaft set upon an octagonal double plinth and a three stepped octagonal base. Slate tablets are fixed to all sides of the double plinth, the inscription is across faces 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the upper plinth, and names are on faces 1, 2, 7 and 8, all incised and picked out in white.
Inscription
Upper plinth faces (starts on face 3): REMEMBER IN MERCY THOSE WHO DIED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE IN OUR DEFENCE/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ St JOHN XV. 13 Upper plinth face 1: RIGHTEOUSNESS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN/ 1914-1918 Lower plinth face 1: (Names) Upper plinth face 2: THOSE WHO DIED FOR/ MAN THAN THIS Lower plinth face 2: (Names) Upper plinth face 3: REMEMBER IN MERCY/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO Upper plinth face 7: DEFENCE/ HIS FRIENDS/ St JOHN XV. 13 Lower plinth face 7: 1939 - 1945/ (Names) Upper plinth face 8: SAKE IN OUR/ HIS LIFE FOR Lower plinth face 8: (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Albones, Alfred
Albones, John George
Albones, William
Askew, Edward Archie
Askew, George Henry
Cram, Charles Arthur
Curtis, Albert
Dracass, H
English, Charles
Futter, William
See details for all 15 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 13
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 13
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forenames, regiment
    Order of information: Alphabetical by surname left to right from face 2
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, initial, regiment
    Order of information: Regiment
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: height c4580mm
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
History
2008: The inscriptions and names had become illegible and were replaced with sixteen new slate tablets around the two stepped base 2000: Inscription on the cross has eroded. There is a danger of friction damage due to a wire being placed around the top part to hold a telegraph cable to it. Part of the ground has subsided exposing part of the foundations.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • The First World War memorials of Lincolnshire - Michael Credland

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