Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- North Kesteven
- Town
- Metheringham
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Faculty Granted
Date: 17 April 1924
Attended by: Unknown
- Faculty Granted
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 59687
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Current location
Church entrance porch
St Wilfrid's Church
Church Walk
Metheringham
North Kesteven
Lincolnshire
LN4 3HA
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 07017 61280
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Convex headed decorative wrought iron gates at the entrance porch to the church. Inside the porch on the left wall is a dedicatory tablet, incised and picked out in black.
- Inscription
- THE GATES TO THIS PORCH ARE GIVEN/ IN REVERENCE TO GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ JOHN HENRY ELLIS DEAN MC & BAR/ CAPTAIN 13TH BA CHESHIRE REGIMENT/ WHO WAS KILLED BETWEEN/ RHEIMS AND SOISSONS/ 27TH MAY 1918 AGED 23 YEARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Dean, John Henry Ellis
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forenames, rank, regiment, date of death, age at death, place of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gates
Measurements: height 2500mm, width 1400mm
Materials: Wrought Iron - Tablet
Measurements: height 360mm, width 725mm
Materials: Stone
- Gates
- 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
- Reference
- Faculty Book 97 / Book 15, 17 April 1924
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