Memorial

Boston

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Current Location

BARGATE GREEN, MEMORIAL GARDENS, Wide Bargate Green, Boston, Boston, Lincolnshire, England

TF 330 440

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 2768
Description: CROSS SURMOUNTING COLUMN ON LARGE SQUARE PEDESTAL AND FOUR STEPPED BASE Above the 1939-45 tablet is a crest of a shield and three crowns with a mermaid on each side and underneath a motto. Beside the main memorial is a small plinth with the badges of the Burma Star Association, the British Legion, the Royal Naval Association and the Royal Air Force Association.
Inscription: (ABOVE NAME PANELS) TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON WHO DIED IN TWO WARS 1914-18 AND 1939-45 (NAMES) (PANEL 1) HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN MAY DIE/ FIGHTING FOR GOD AND LIBERTY/ AND SUCH A DEATH IS IMMORTAL (SIC) (PANEL 2) THERE IS BUT ONE TASK FOR ALL/ FOR EACH ONE LIFE TO GIVE/ WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALLS/ WHO DIE (SIC) IF ENGLAND LIVES (PANEL3) WENT THE DAY WELL WE DIED AND NEVER KNEW/ BUT WELL OR ILL ENGLAND WE DIED FOR YOU

Maker(s): MESSRS S SHERWIN, Builder
W SAMUEL WEATHERLEY FRIBA, Architect
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 2005: PROJECT UNDERWAY TO ADD ADDITIONAL NAMES NOT COMMEMORATED AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR. ESTIMATED COST OF £4,000.

Unveiled

25th September 1921

EARL OF YARBOROUGH