Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
North Lincolnshire
Town
Broughton
County
Lincolnshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
52030

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Current location

ST MARYS CHURCH
High Stree
Broughton
North Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
DN20 0HY
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 96025 08622
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
RECTANGULAR WHITE MARBLE INSCRIPTION TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A DARK COLOURED MARBLE BACKBOARD. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING. BADGE OF THE BUFFS CARVED IN RELIEF AT THE TOP LEFT OF THE TABLET AND BADGE OF THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS CARVED IN RELIEF AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE TABLET.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND EVER LOVING/ MEMORY OF/ GEORGE MARSDEN POPPLE/ 2ND LIEUT. 15TH ATTD. 16TH BATT./ NORTHUMBERLAND FUSLIERS,/ YOUNGEST SON OF JAMES POPPLE OF CASTLETHORPE,/ AND MARY ELIZABETH HIS WIFE,/ HE ENLISTED AT HIS COUNTRY'S CALL AUGUST 1914/ WITH THE WYE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE CONTINGENT/ IN THE 5TH BUFFS AND SERVED WITH THEM IN INDIA AND MESOPOTAMIA,/ HE WAS GAZETTED AS 2ND LIEUT. IN THE 15TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS/ AND WAS KILLED WHILE SERVING WITH HIS REGIMENT IN FRANCE/ 26TH JUNE 1916 NEAR AUTHUILLE WHERE HE IS BURIED/ AGED 21 YEARS./ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Popple, George M.
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: height 800MM, width 1120MM
    Materials: Marble - Grey
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 620MM, width 950MM
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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