
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- East Lindsey
- Town
- Louth
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11october 1921
Attended by: Lord Southborough
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 53466
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Current location
In the school Hall
King Edward VI School
Edward Street
Louth
East Lindsey
Lincolnshire
LN11 9LL
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 32577 87040
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Elaborately carved wooden board with semi-circular pediment. Carved coat of arms above pediment, shield with a lion rampant placed within the pediment. Inscription carved in the centre of the board with foliate garland carved above it. Names in two columns.
- Inscription
- IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF OLD BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ LABORABANT IN BELLO IN PACE REQUIESCANT* * Translation - THEY WORKED IN WAR AND REST IN PEACE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 56
Served and returned: 0
Died: 56
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: depth 75mm, height 3000mm, width 1730mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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
- Costs
Memorial: c £230
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Lincolnshire Chronicle 15 October 1921
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