Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Arch
- District
- East Lindsey
- Town
- Tattershall Thorpe
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 17 December 1922
Attended by: Revd William Matthew Dixon MA, Revd William James Mitchell Lord, parishioners - Unveiled
Date: 17 December 1922
Attended by: Captain Stafford Vere Hotchkin MC MP JP - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 59353
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Current location
Facing the main road
Old Wesleyan Chapel
Thorpe Road (B1192)
Tattershall Thorpe
East Lindsey
Lincolnshire
LN4 4PE
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 21909 59558
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Brick arch outside church with stone keystone, stone inner arch and wooden gates. Tablet on apex of arch and each pillar.
- Inscription
- On pediment: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ SACRED REMEMBRANCE OF THE/ MEN OF TATTERSHALL THORPE/ WHO FELL IN THE TWO/ WORLD WARS On left pillar: (Names) 1914-1918. On right pillar: (Names) 1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Avison, Leslie
Barnsdale, Percy
Bosworth, Henry
Johnson, James W
Sellars, Albert
Toyne, Albert
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Arch
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick, Stone - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Arch
- Listing information
- Tattershall Thorpe War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Tattershall Thorpe
- WMO ID: 66696
- Condition: Good [last updated on 06-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- In 2009-10 the War Memorials Trust part-funded along with Tattershall and Thorpe Parish Council, the repair and restoration of the memorial, which involved the replacement of some bricks and stone coping, the re-pointing of joints with lime mortar, and the re-painting of the lettering with enamel.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Tattershall and Thorpe Parish Council
- Reference
- The First World War Memorials of Lincolnshire - Michael Credland
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