Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- Town
- Owston Ferry
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 20 October 1922
Attended by: EARL OF YARBOROUGH - Rededicated
Date: July 1947
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51643
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Current location
MIDWAY ON THE ROAD BOUNDARY OF THE RECREATION ROUND
High St
Owston Ferry
Lincolnshire
DN9 1RE
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 81052 00215
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- THREE STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY TAPERED SHAFT AND CELTIC CROSS. INSCRIPTION ON BLACK LETTERING ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE SHAFT AND ON A TABLET PLACED AGAINST THE FRONT SIDE OF THE STEPS. IRON RAILINGS PLACED ON THREE SIDES OF THE MEMORIAL WITH A CHAIN LINK FENCE TO THE FRONT OF IT. CELTIC KNOTWORK DESIGN ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE CROSS
- Inscription
- 1914/ 1919/ (NAMES)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE"/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bayes, C H
Betts, J B
Brocklebank, A W
Brown, G E
Butroid, E
Clark, W
Clayphan, G A
Cobb, H T
Cook, D
Duffield, W H
See details for all 27 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,decorations
Order of information: surname,decorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth C 1FT, height C 10FT, width C 2FT
Materials: Granite - Cornish
- Cross
- 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
- Owston Ferry War Memorial
- WMO ID: 161697
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 05-10-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2002: ADDITIONAL WW2 NAME ADDED 1997: MEMORIAL CLEANED. MEMORIAL WAS STARTING TO LEAN SO IT WAS MONITORED BY THE PARISH COUNCIL
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- OWSTON FERRY PARISH COUNCIL
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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