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
59587

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Current location

In the churchyard in the area between the North transept and chancel
St Thomas of Canterbury Church
Church Street
Digby
North Kesteven
Lincolnshire
LN4 3LZ
England

OS Grid Ref: TF 08055 54846
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Gothic gravestone with inscription in black lettering and rope twist decoration with flower motif at the top. It stands on chamfered base in a multiple grave space surrounded by kerbstones and concrete covering.
Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ LANCE CORPORAL/ CECIL SUMNER,/ No: 201273/ OF THE 1/4th LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT/ AND THIRD SON OF/ CHARLES & EMMA SUMNER OF DIGBY/ WHO DIED FROM WOUNDS/ RECEIVED BY BOMB FROM AN ENEMY AEROPLANE/ OCT. 22nd 1917/ WHILST ON DUTY IN FRANCE/ AGED 21 YEARS/ INTERRED IN MILITARY CEMETERY AT BETHUNE/ A FAITHFUL AND PURE LIFE, LAID DOWN FOR HIS FRIENDS/ HE DID WHAT HE COULD/ ALSO FRANK POTTERTON SUMNER/ No: M/316489 OF THE A.S.C. MT/ AND FOURTH SON OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED ON APRIL 19th 1918,/ FROM PNEUMONIA,/ IN MILITARY HOSPITAL, WAREHAM, DORSET,/ IN HIS 20th YEAR./ INTERRED AT DIGBY 24th APRIL 1918/ HE SERVED HIS KING AND COUNTRY WELL,/ AND BRAVELY ANSWERED THE CALL OF GOD./ "EVEN SO FATHER FOR IT SEEMED GOOD IN THY SIGHT.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Sumner, Cecil
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename, place of burial, manner of death, age of death, relationships, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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