Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- East Lindsey
- Town
- Benniworth
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945): Far East Prisoners of War
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 53952
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Current location
North wall of the nave
St Julian's Church
Church Lane
Benniworth
East Lindsey
Lincolnshire
LN8 6JP
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 20936 81789
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular grey stone tablet, with a single-line gold-painted border. The inscription is in incised black-painted lettering. His biopic, in loose leaf format, can be found beneath the WW1 plaque.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING GRATITUDE FOR/ JACK HARNESS/ POLICE CONSTABLE & SERGT. R.A./ WHO DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY JUNE 1944/ PRISONER IN JAPAN/ AGED 26 YEARS/ SURE FRIEND/ IN MERRIMENT AND IN NEED.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Harness, Jack
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945): Far East Prisoners of War
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment, date of death, age at death, place of death, manner of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945): Far East Prisoners of War
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 230mm, width 310mm
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CWGC records that Gunner 845755 Jack Harness of 122 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on 22/6/1944, and is now buried in Yokohama War Cemetery, see www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2208109/JACK HARNESS/
- The War Memorials Trust's record of this memorial can be found at www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/261244/
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