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Description: | PRN 25611
A war memorial erected in about 1919 to the memory of the men from the parish of Gedney who were killed during the first world war, with inscriptions added for the fallen of the second world war. It is built from limestone and has a three-stepped square base surmounted by an octagonal plinth, an octagonal shaft and a gabled crucifix with Gothic cusping and a particularly fine sculpted figure of Christ. The plinth is inscribed: '1914-1918/ To the / Glory of God / and in undying / memory of the / men from this / Parish who died / in The Great War', with the names of 21 fallen. There is an added inscription '1939-1945', with the names and ranks of the 5 men who fell in the second world war. {1} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1919 - 2050 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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