Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
South Holland
Town
Whaplode
County
Lincolnshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
43060

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Current location

South wall at the east end of the south aisle.
St Mary's Church
Kirk Gate
Whaplode
South Holland
Lincolnshire
PE12 6TA
England

OS Grid Ref: TF 32340 24015
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Three light stained glass window depicting respectively St Michael, St Mary and St George with names inscribed on the stone sill below and the dedication across all three lights at top and bottom.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF ALL WHO FOUGHT IN THE / GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 1918 AND ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THIS PARISH RECORDED BELOW/ (Names) Window: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAYS DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Blackburn, Norman
Bradley, Ernest Frederick
Buck, Joseph Holt
Busley, Frank
Clarke, William
Cook, John Frances
Cooper, George Richard
Crane, Walter Edwin
Crane, William Ernest
Cross, Timothy
See details for all 30 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 30
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forenames
    Order of information: Surname, forename
Components
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
PARISH CHURCH
Reference
  • Lincolnshire, Boston and Spalding Free Press various

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