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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Boston
- Town
- Skirbeck
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 90645
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- Previous locations
- Tower Road School
Tower Road
Skirbeck
Boston
Lincolnshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Tower Road School
- Description
- An interesting, if not unique, war memorial was unveiled at the Tower Road School, Skirbeck, on Friday afternoon last. It took the form of a large framed and illustrated Roll of Honour, containing the names of 32 past scholars and teachers who lost their lives in the late war, and of 158 returned service men similarly associated with the school. Above the words “Roll of Honour”, surmounting the design, appear a cross and crown in a laurel wreath, with the Union Jack and White Ensign floating out on either side. The names are in columns in Old English text, and have boarder of Corinthian pillars and the arms of England with the rose, Scotland with the thistle, Ireland with the Shamrock, and Wales with daffodils, all beautifully painted in water colours. At the foot the words “Victory” and “Peace” appear over the lines, “Not once, or twice, in our fair Island story, The path of duty was the way to glory.” The whole, in its dark frame, makes a very bright and attractive picture. It is the exquisite work of Mr. F. Rose, a retired Leake schoolmaster now residing at Wrangle. And has been subscribed for by the managers, teachers, and children of the school. It is suspended under the clock over the fireplace,
- Inscription
- ROLL OF HONOUR SKIRBECK TOWER-ROAD SCHOOL. In grateful remembrance of Old Boys and Teachers who served their King and Country in the Great War, 1914 to 1919. The following were killed, or died from wounds or sickness:-(Names) “Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints in Glory everlasting.” We thank God for victory and peace and for the return of: [names] Then follows the poetic Lines already quoted. “PLAY THE GAME.”
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adland, Hy
Airey, Alfred
Airey, Granville
Alexander, Wm
Andrews, Wm
Asling, Jno E
Atterby, Jas
Baines, Leonard
Barber, Chas
Barber, Tom
See details for all 188 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 188
Served and returned: 156
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Surname, forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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