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    Memorial

    Freiston

    Freiston Cross

    Source: Copyright Colin Murray

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    Current Location

    St James Churchyard, 5, Church View, Freiston, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE22 0LE, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TF 37615 43793

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • John Richard Barnes

    • Daniel Crunkhorn

    • William Henry Fox

    • Frederick Holmes

    • George Peet

    • Richard Sharp

    • Albert Stephenson

    • Cecil Eley Westland

    • Harry Wilson

    • Abner Wray

    • William Henry Dowse

    • Frank Pickwell Maddison

    • Edward Bradshaw

    • Ronald Codling

    • James Arthur Curtis

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    2772
    Description
    Celtic cross set on a shaft with knotwork and a tapering plinth. The whole is set on three steps and surrounded by lawn and railings. The dedication is on the front of the shaft with the names on the front of the plinth and steps in black lettering.
    Inscription
    On shaft face 1: TO THE GLORY OF/ GOD AND IN/ LASTING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM/ THIS PARISH WHO/ SACRIFICED THEIR/ LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. Plinth face 1: (Names)/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE Top Step face 1: 1939-1945 Middle step face 1: (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    13
    Died
    13
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname,forename
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    6
    Died
    6
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname,forename
    Maker(s)
    • Messrs Thomas Kent, Boston, Builder

    Sponsor Type
    public

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    13th November 1920

    Local Clergy-Major Cooper

    Dedicated

    13th November 1920

    Local Clergy/W.P. Twentyman

    Dedicated

    13th November 1920

    Led by Reverend Wilfred Price Twentyman and Major Oliver Cooper TD, 4th Lincolnshire Regiment

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 3660MM

    Width: 2150MM

    Depth: 2150MM


    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Steps

    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    • Freiston with Butterworth - by J.B. Trotter - pub. W.K. Morton & Sons, Horncastle 1936
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