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Memorial details

Memorial type

Roll of honour or book of remembrance

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Maker

Reverend Lawrence P. Field M.A. (Writer)
A.W. Baddeley of Boston (Printer)

Ceremony

Presented
Date: c. 1920
Attended by: Unknown

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

66447

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Current location

St Mathews Church
High Street
Eye
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE6 7UP
England

OS Grid Ref: TF 22899 02849
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

A blue-bound book of sixty-three numbered pages, recording the details of forty-one parishioners who died, and two-hundred and thirty-two parishioners who served and returned during the First World War. A copy of the book was given to each of those who served and returned, and to the family of each of those who died.

Inscription

Flyleaf: PRESENTED TO/ (Name)/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF SERVICE IN THE/ GREAT WAR, 1914-1919/ BY THE EYE PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION/ W GEORGE MOORE, CHAIRMAN/ JOSEPH COLES, HON. TREASURER/ LAWRENCE P FIELD, HON. SECRETARY

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 273
Served and returned: 232
Died: 41
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Year of enlistment, surname, forename, rank, unit, date of death, manner of death
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Book
Measurements: depth 6, height 220, width 140
Materials: Paper

Listing information

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Condition

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Costs

Comments: The cost of producing the books was met from the remaining funds used to make the Parish memorials in the church and churchyard.
Memorial: £60

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

The Souvenir Book of Eye, Reverend Lawrence P Field (1920), p. 63.

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