Tetford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 2022. War memorial.

Tetford War Memorial

WRENN ID
dark-spire-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Lindsey
Country
England
Date first listed
27 October 2022
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World war stone memorial with marble table featuring inscription, topped by a pinnacle and orb, and erected by bricklayer William Camplin in 1921.

MATERIALS: stone memorial with marble table featuring inscription.

PLAN: an octagonal spired monument surmounted by an orb.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial features a tapering base below a plinth, with columns and capitals at each corner. Each of the four columns support a triangular shaped pediment, with a cross at the apex of each. The centre of the monument is topped by a pinnacle and orb.

The inscription on the white marble tablet of memorial reads: ‘TO/ THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND/ IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES/ IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ AT REST/ GREATER LOVE HATH/ NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ NAMES.’

Also commemorated is one life lost in World War Two, with the inscription reading: ‘THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED/ 1939-1945.’

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