Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- East Lindsey
- Town
- West Keal
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Placed
Date: 1939
Attended by: Family members
- Placed
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 65912
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Current location
Plaque on north wall of nave
St Helens Church
Hall Lane
West Keal
East Lindsey
Lincolnshire
PE23 4BJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 36756 63758
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Clock and associated plaque.
- Inscription
- Plaque: THE CLOCK IN THE CHURCH TOWER/ WAS INSTALLED IN MAY 1939,/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF/ EDWARD MASON GRANTHAM/ CAPT.. THE LINCS., REGT./ WHO FELL AT YPRES ON 27TH FEB.. 1915./ IT IS A GIFT FROM HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN./ "PEACE AND GOODWILL TO ALL MANKIND."/ Clock: 1939
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Grantham, Edward Mason
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, place of death, date of death, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Clock
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Plaque
Measurements: height 520mm, width 370mm
Materials: Bronze
- Clock
- 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
- 'To provide and place at tower end of the north wall in an old recess a memorial tablet...', Faculty Book 19, 18 July 1939, p. 19.
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