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.’
Detailed Attributes
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