Wimblington War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1922, with later additions for the Second World War.

MATERIALS: Italian marble.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in the churchyard of St Peter’s Church. It comprises a 3m high white marble statue of a winged Victory, rewarding the worthy victors with glory and fame, symbolized by holding a wreath of laurel leaves in her left hand, and with her right hand pointing upwards to heaven. The statue is set upon a white marble square plinth on a square base. The plinth and base have plaques fixed to their faces which carry the inscriptions.

The plaque on the front face of the plinth carries the dedication THIS STONE/ IS ERECTED BY THE/ PARISHONERS OF WIMBLINGTON/ ALSO THE WINDOW AND THE TABLETS/ IN THE CHURCH AND CHAPELS/ IN LOVING AND REVEREND MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS. The plaque on the base below is inscribed 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES). The other faces of both the plinth and base bear the lists of the fallen.