War Memorial, Carrington is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 2013. War memorial.
War Memorial, Carrington
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-iron-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 2013
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Carrington war memorial was designed and erected by Messrs. Browning and Son of Spilsby and unveiled in April 1920.
Built of Portland stone the memorial takes the form of a Latin cross, 15 foot tall with a downturned sword fixed to the centre of the shaft. The cross stands on a tapered stepped base and plinth. The inscription reads: 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/I SHALL NOT DIE BUT LIVE/ IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO/ SERVED/ IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE/ 37 OTHERS WHOSE HOMES WERE ELSEWHERE JOINED THE FORCES FROM THIS PARISH.' The names of the 17 persons from the parish who served and returned and the 7 who died during WWI are listed. The 22 who served and returned and the 1 who died during WWII are also listed.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 23 January 2017.
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