Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- North Lincolnshire
- Town
- Wootton
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 9 March 1921
Attended by: Revd Archibald George Edward Smith MA, Local Clergy, bereaved, parishioners - Dedicated
Date: 9 March 1921
Attended by: Revd J D Bisbrown, Local Clergy, bereaved, parishioners - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51852
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Current location
At the cemetery entrance
Wootton Parish Cemetery
Ulceby Road (A1077)
Wootton
North Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
DN39 6XS
England
OS Grid Ref: TA 09244 15990
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Concrete gate posts surmounted by oak lychgate with Staffordshire Rosemary roof tiles Two incised dedicatory stone tablets are fixed to the front of each gatepost.
- Inscription
- Left hand tablet: TO THE/ Glory of God/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF WOOTTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ GOD, KING & COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918 Right hand tablet: (Names)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS".
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bailey, Herbert
Bellamy, Charles H
Brumpton, Arthur
Brumpton, Charles W
Dean, George H
Markham, Frederick
Markham, Walter
Pearce, Joseph W
Simons, Harry
Skipworth, John P
See details for all 12 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Surname, forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gate posts
Measurements: depth c700mm, height c1000mm, width c700mm
Materials: Stone - Mansfield - Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Tablets
Measurements: height c800mm, width c600mm
Materials: Stone
- Gate posts
- 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
- WOOTTON LYCHGATE
- WMO ID: 130846
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 12-03-2019]
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- Costs
Memorial: £278 1s 10d
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Wootton St. Andrew's Church council
- Reference
- The First World War memorials of Lincolnshire - Michael Credland
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