Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Kesteven
- Town
- Greatford
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8466
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Current location
St Thomas a Becket Church
Church Lane
Greatford
South Kesteven
Lincolnshire
PE9 4PX
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 08612 11969
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular tablet with battlement at the top, columns at the right and left, two coats of armour in the top left and right corner, tracery in the middle of the broad splitting the lower part into two lights, decorated with a wreath. Bottom decorated with two lion heads on each edge of the tablet. Metal ornamentation on the top right and left edge holding two flags (Flag of England and a Union Jack). Underneath there is another tablet bearing an inscription and set on a stone ledge.
- Inscription
- THEY DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN MAY DIE/ FIGHTING FOR GOD FOR RIGHT FOR LIBERTY/ AND SUCH A DEATH IS IMMORTALITY/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Empson, Arthur
Garner, Fred
Headland, Harry
Pickering, Arthur
See details for all 4 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname, regiment date of death
Order of information: date of death
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Tablet
- 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
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