
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- East Lindsey
- Town
- Louth
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 12 June 1921
Attended by: Mayor of Louth - Dedicated
Date: 12 June 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 54013
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Current location
Wall mounted in callers office
15
Delivery Office
Eastgate
Louth
East Lindsey
Lincolnshire
LN11 9ND
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 32728 87424
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Post Office
Louth
East Lindsey
Lincolnshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Post Office
- Description
- Wall mounted brass plaque on oak backboard. The dedication is inside a scoll engraved on the plaque. This arches across the top of the plaque above the image of a half risen sun. The names and additional details are listed below this.
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF LOUTH POST OFFICE WHO PASSED/ OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE/ GIVING THEIR LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM/ (NAMES)/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arliss, Barry Charles
Bramhill, Thomas
Briggs, Harry
Carter, William
Ingleby, Herbert
Scatboro, John E
Simmons, Harry
Stanley, Fred Walter
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank, date of death, regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank, date of death, regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 3mm, height 353mm, width 533mm
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: depth 25mm, height 405mm, width 595mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- 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
- Lincolnshire Chronicle 18 June 1921
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