Corby Glen

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Reference WMO/118958

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The Green

Corby Glen

Grantham

NG33 4NW

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
About the memorial: Highly decorated wheel cross, a copy of St Martin's Cross on Iona, and made of Cornish Granite with lead lettering. Erected on the village green and surrounded by metal railing. Dedicated by the Vicar, Rev Abbott (father of Lt Abbott who's name is on the memorial) and unveiled by the Earl of Ancaster on Sunday 12th December 1920. Original cost was £250.
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In memory of the men of this parish who fell in the Great War 1914-1919. Leicestershire Regiment Lieut L.P. Abbott. Lincolnshire Yeomanry L/Cpl F.J Adcock. Lincolnshire Regiment L/Cpl W.W. Cupit. Privates F. Cocks, E. Dawson, A. Houghton, F. Houghton, T. Linford, C.A. Matsell, G. Pinder, A.J. Taylor, C. Townsend, T. Townsend, F. Wass, A. Watson Durham Light Infantry Pte A.E. Burnett, Pte E. Clark Somerset Light Infantry Pte U.E. Matsell Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Pte C.G. Palmer Grenadier Guards Pte W.P. Palmer Bedfordshire Regiment Pte E Clark West Yorkshire Regiment Pte J. Hill Hampshire Regiment Pte G. Martin Warwickshire Regiment Pte T. Stanton Also in thankful remembrance of Sgt Pilot C Adams, Royal Airforce. Spr W Healey, Royal Engineers. BMDR R. Pring, Royal Artillery. Of this parish who gave their lives in the Second World War 1939-1945 Also reported missing in Malaya 1956, Maurice Wakefield

Lieut L.P. Abbott, L/Cpl F.J Adcock, L/Cpl W.W. Cupit, Privates F. Cocks, E. Dawson, A. Houghton, F. Houghton, T. Linford, C.A. Matsell, G. Pinder, A.J. Taylor, C. Townsend, T. Townsend, F. Wass, A. Watson, Pte A.E. Burnett, Pte E. Clark, Pte U.E. Matsell Pte C.G. Palmer, Pte W.P. Palmer, Pte E Clark, Pte J. Hill, Pte G. Martin, Pte T. Stanton, Sgt Pilot C. Adams, Spr W. Healey, R. Pring, Maurice Wakefield.

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