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    Memorial

    Eltisley

    Lychgate - 2018

    Source: Copyright Mary Flinders

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    Current Location

    At the entrance to the churchyard., St Pandionia and St John The Baptist Church, The Green, Eltisley, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, PE19 6TQ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 26906 59694

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Albert J S. Chappell

    • William S. Chappell

    • George Childerley

    • Harry Cranfield

    • Harry E. Hayden

    • Sidney G. Hayden

    • Arthur Kidman

    • Ernest Walter Kidman

    • Henry King

    • James Payne

    • Frank Riseley

    • Martin Riseley

    • Henry G. Sewell

    • Herbert Topham

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    Type of Memorial
    Gate
    WMR Reference Number
    915
    Description
    Oak lychgate with limestone walls and plain tile gabled roof. Two tablets are inset into the inner walls incised with the names of WW1 war dead.
    Inscription
    Lychgate oak beam:- DEATH SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY/ Left Tablet: TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ ELTISLEY MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (Names) Right Tablet: (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    14
    Died
    14
    Information shown
    Surname, forenames, initials, age at death, year of death
    Order of names
    Alphabetically by surname
    Sponsor Type
    public
    Sponsored By
    Women’s Institute organised fund raising for its creation.
    Maintenance History
    March 2004 two grants were awarded for work on the memorial. English Heritage made an offer of £1685 towards the work and War Memorials Trust contributed £200./ December 2003: Application to English Heritage for grant for the repair and conservation of war memorial.

    Ceremonies

    Dedicated

    1920

    The Bishop of Ely, parishioners, clergy

    Custodian
    Eltisley Parish Council

    Components

    Gate

    Height: c4000mm

    Width: 2390mm

    Depth: 1000mm


    Made from: Wood - Oak


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1127180

    Tablets

    Height: 600mm

    Width: 440mm


    Made from: Stone - Limestone


    Condition: At Risk


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1127180

    • War Memorials Trust WM1088 http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=148