LIDGATE - WW1 & WW2

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Reference WMO/117467

Address:

St Mary's church

Church Lane

Lidgate

CB8 9PT

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Maltese cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Lidgate's war memorial is a stone Maltese cross on a square, tapering plinth. The unveiling of the memorial was reported in the Bury Free Press on 15th January 1921, the ceremony taking place on 9th January 1921. The unveiling was carried out by Lt.Col.A.H.Catchpole, attended by local clergy and dignitaries. The shaft of the cross tapers outwards towards the plinth. The circular centre boss of the cross bears and wreath surrounding the letters 'IHS' which is the Christogram for the first three letters of the Greek for Jesus iota-eta-sigma. This is also sometimes said to stand for Iesus Hominum Salvator (Jesus, Saviour of Men). Three names were added to the memorial in October 2019 to commemorate the fallen from WW2. The works were undertaken by Mildenhall Monumentals.
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On the curved face of the plinth is the Dedication:- 1914-1918 // TO THE GLORY OF GOD // AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF // (names) // WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 // SONS OF THIS PLACE, LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID // THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD // THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP // A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP // [inscription added in 2019:] AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF // [names] WHO DIED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

PTE SAMUEL BRUNNING // CAPT.THOMAS JOHN CATCHPOLE // SERGT GEORGE CRANN // PTE GODFREY HEREBERT CRANN // PTE WILLIAM DAY // CORPL WALTER DAY // PTE EDWARD JOHN FOREMAN // PTE THOMAS EDWARD MOULD // PTE ALEXANDER JOSHUA MOULD // PTE HERBERT RANSOME [names added in 2019] TPR THOMAS CHARLES BENGE // 2ND LT RICHARD ANTHONY DEWING // PTE IVAN TERENCE HAZELL

Grade II (England)

14466711

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