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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- Town
- East Butterwick
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: C25 September 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51722
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Current location
at the south end of the village
at the junction with Messingham Road.
High Street
East Butterwick
Lincolnshire
DN17 3AJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 83669 05591
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- TWO STEPPED PORTLAND STONE BASE SURMOUNTED PEDESTAL, CORNICE AND OBELISK. CARVED INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE PEDESTAL. WHOLE IS ENCLOSED WITHIN METAL FENCED AREA.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF THE/ HEROIC DEAD WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ PASS NOT THIS STONE WITH SORROW/ BUT WITH PRIDE/ AND MAY YOU LIVE AS NOBLY AS/ THEY DIED
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bell, Harold
Caldicott, Arthur
Clark, Clement
Cook, Leister
Ford, John Stanley
Isle, William Henry
Jackson, Wilfred
Lockwood, Norman
Middleton, Maurice
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: depth 7850MM, height C 3620MM, width 2850MM
Materials: Granite - Red - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Obelisk
- 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
- East Butterwick
- WMO ID: 215479
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 28-11-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2000: MEMORIAL CLEANED BY MEMBERS OF THE PARISH COUNCIL 1999: NEW ENCLOSURE FITTED
- Costs
Memorial: C £200
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- EAST BUTTERWICK PARISH COUNCIL
- Reference
- The First World War Memorials of Lincolnshire - Michael Credland
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