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Title
Sleaford War Memorial
Medium
Clipsham stone
Measurements
H 850 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
NG34_PR_S052
Work type
War memorial
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
4th June 1922
Listing date
14/11/74
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on the front west face inscribed green panel: TO THE GLORY OF / GOD / AND IN PROUD AND / GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF / SLEAFORD / QUARRINGTON / & HOLDINGHAM / WHO LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / GREATER LOVE HATH / NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN / HIS LIFE FOR HIS / FRIENDS.; below a separate panel inscribed: ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO DIED IN THE WAR / 1939 - 1945.; there are five panels on the remaining sides with the names of those who died in the First World War, and five panels below for those who died in the Second World War