Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- North Kesteven
- Town
- Digby
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 59547
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Current location
In the North part of the churchyard
St Thomas of Canterbury Church
Church Street
Digby
North Kesteven
Lincolnshire
LN4 3LZ
England
OS Grid Ref: 08055 54846
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Headstone with "IHS" at top and decorative leaf motif.
- Inscription
- In Loving Memory of/ HERBERT GLADSTONE/ THE DEARLY LOVED SEVENTH SON OF/ MR & MRS J WINTER/ DIGBY./ WHO DIED NOV. 17th 1917,/ AGED 20./ ALSO ERNEST EWART,/ SIXTH SON OF THE ABOVE,/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ OCT. 14th 1916,/ AGED 21./ ALSO GEORGE PACEY,/ FOURTH SON OF THE ABOVE,/ WHO DIED AT THE CASUALTY/ CLEARING STATION, FRANCE,/ NOV. 21st 1918, AGED 29./ PEACE, PERFECT PEACE WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY/ IN JESUS KEEPING WE ARE SAFE AND THEY.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Winter, Ernest Ewart
Winter, George Pacey
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, year died, place of death, forename, relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
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