Memorial details

Memorial type
Shrine
District
North Kesteven
Town
Canwick
County
Lincolnshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 24 June 1919
    Attended by: Revd Thomas Wentworth Pym DSO, Revd H J Watney, dignitaries, parishioners
  • Rededicated
    Date: 17 October 2015
    Attended by: Revd George Goalby, residents and invited guests
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
64130

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Current location

To the right of the entrance pathway
All Saints Churchyard
Hall Drive
Canwick
North Kesteven
Lincolnshire
LN4 2NY
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 98735 69713
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A stone baldaquin with an ornately carved quadruple gabled roof. Dedication and names are in raised lettering on a back panel. Centrepiece is a wrought iron shrine with an ivory crucifix and a gilded wooden figure depicting the resurrection.
Inscription
Back panel: TO THE/ HONOUR & PRAISE/ OF /GOD/ AND IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE/ MEN FROM THE PARISH OF CANWICK WHO/ FIGHTING FOR THEIR KING & COUNTRY IN THE/ WAR FOR THE WORLD'S FREEDOM, PASSED/ THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH/ AND HAVE REACHED THE LIFE BEYOND/ (Names) TO THE ARMS OF THY LOVE,/ WE COMMIT THEM./ Lower front panel: LEST YE FORGET/ DEUT.4.23.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Barks, William
Dion, Bert
Green, Alexander Felix
Milner, Frank
Oxby, Joseph
Oxby, Joseph Henry
Pym, Claude John
Pym, Francis Leslie Melville
Wilson, Alfred James
See details for all 9 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename, regiment, place of death, date of death, age at death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 8
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 8
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forenames, rank, regiment, place of death, date of death, age at death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Crucifix
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Ivory
  • Shrine
    Measurements: height 3658mm
    Materials: Stone - Portland
  • Stand
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wrought Iron
Listing information
  • WAR MEMORIAL 10 METRES NORTH OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
History
Refurbished 2015: Canwick war memorial has benefitted from a grant of £2445 from the Grants for War Memorials scheme which is jointly funded by English Heritage and The Wolfson Foundation for the repair and conservation of freestanding war memorials in England. This scheme is administered by War Memorials Trust. A further grant of £5000 was obtained from the Church Buildings Council (CBC).
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Reference

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