"WORLINGTON WAR MEMORIAL"
To the eternal memory of the men of WORLINGTON who died in the service of their country
12 in the Great War of 1914-1919 and 2 in 1939-1945
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WORLINGTON war memorial stands on a small green island at the junction of Church Lane, The Street and Freckenham Road, Worlington. It takes the form of a
tapering white marble obelisk, ten feet high, on a three stepped 6 feet by 6 feet base all on a concrete square, surrounded by metal railings. Unveiled on March 4th, 1920 by Major General, The Hon. J.E. Lindsey, it was built by Messrs H.G.Neville & Sons at a cost of £150-1s-0d. In 1999 the memorial needed conservation work to repair a crack at the top of the memorial. This was carried out, the memorial was cleaned, the names of two men who fell in 1939-1945 were added and the railings were repainted. The War Memorials Trust contributed £250 towards these costs. It is unusual locally in that it also commemorates those who served in the Great War as well as those who fell In addition, within All Saints Church are two plaques commemorating the dead of the two World Wars
Copyright Adrian S Pye and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence The inscription on the EAST face reads:- OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE AND ABIDING MEMORY OF WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 OUR GLORIOUS DEAD LIEUT.D.B.HOWELL H.L.I. SUFFOLK REGT COY SERGT MJR W.HEFFER 7TH SERGT J.H.BUTCHER D.C.M. 7TH PRIVATES R.PHILLIPS 7TH J.W.POOLEY 9TH W.A.GRINLING R.E. J.D.BARRETT R.F.A. H.B.BLISSETT R.F. B.POOLEY R.WARWICKS A.J.POOLEY NORTHANTS F.P.HILLIPS R.SCOTS DRIVER H.J.COLE R.A.S.C. on the NORTH face SERVED LT COL CHAMPION M.V.O. LIEUT LINDSAY SCOTT SERGT W.R.FRITZ M.M. LAC T.F.PHILLIPS CPL J.DOWN CPL G.F.LEVERINGTON S?C.5 W.STANNARD SAPPER H.C.PHILLIPS PRIVATES G.H.BAKER A.BUTCHER S.H.CHINNERY S.COLLEN B.C.COLLEN C.HEFFER DRIVER A.E.COLLEN on the SOUTH face SERVED PRIVATES H.LAWS R.J.LAST V.S.LAWSTON J.S.LEVERINGTON J.MORTLOCK W.PHILLIPS R.C.PALETHORPE D.C.M. H.SHINN J.TANNER H.UTTERIDGE W.J.UTTERIDGE G.A.THORNALLEY J.J.THORNALLEY DRIVER W.CHALLICE SEAMAN G.A.THORNALLEY L/CPL J.COOP D.C.M. on the WEST face F/SGT DEAVES D.F.M - R.A.F. PTE LAWS -DUKE OF CORNWALL LIGHT INFANTRY    
Plaques in All Saints Church go BACK to Worlington home page They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, |
