Gedney Dyke War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Holland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 2016. War memorial.

Gedney Dyke War Memorial

WRENN ID
silver-corridor-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Holland
Country
England
Date first listed
6 December 2016
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, by Charles Warrick, unveiled on 4 April 1920.

MATERIALS: polished Aberdeen granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a circa 2.8m high obelisk set on a square three-stage plinth upon a single-stepped base.

In incised black letters on the S face of the plinth the inscription reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED/ BY THE INHABITANTS OF/ GEDNEY DYKE AND FRIENDS/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN/ THIS, THAT A MAN SHOULD LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY.

The W and E faces are inscribed with the names of those who lost their lives in the First World War with the name of one who fell in the Second World War inscribed on the N face with the dates 1939 – 1945/ (NAME).

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 November 2017.

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