Coningsby - The War Memorial
The War Memorial was built
by Thomas Kent of Boston at a cost of
£150. It is made of broken Aberdeen red granite on a
Portland stone base. The broken column depicts the broken lives
of so many young men and women. The Dedication Ceremony was
performed
by Reverend Henry Felix, Church of England Rector in September
1921. The hymns were "Let Saints On Earth" and "O God
Our Help In Ages Past" followed by the National
Anthem. Captain S V Hotchkin MP unveiled
the memorial.
The Chairman of Coningsby Parish Council at that time was
Councillor Guy Simple.
The Inscription on the Memorial reads as follows:
This
Monument is erected by the parishioners of Coningsby in loving and
grateful memory of all whose names are recorded
below and who gave
their lives in the Great War of 1914 to 1918.
William Adams
Joseph
Brookes
James Arthur Cobb
Edward Inman Codd
Lionel Clifton
(missing)
Sydney Grant
Edward Barker Kettle
Arthur Edwin Lane
Walter
Lee
Edwin Lamyman
Fred
Pick
Alfred Rowell
Fred Pick
John William Wilkinson
Charles Herbert Ward
John T E Wright
Who
made the supreme sacrifice in the second World War of 1939 to 1945 and
in gratitude for the lives spared.
P Belton
K Belton
W A Bettison
F E Brown
J Davis
N Hutton
H V Mayfield
L Porter
On
Remembrance Sunday parishioners
gather at the War Memorial to lay poppy wreaths in honour and
memory
of the dead of the two World Wars. There is also a short service
at the Memorial at 11am on the eleventh of November.
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