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Coningsby TF 226 584 UKNIWM Ref: 20327 MEMORIAL TO THE FALLEN A well attended meeting of ex-Servicemen was held in the Temperance Hall on Monday evening, Capt. J. R. Payne. M.C., being in the chair. Several forms were suggested, and it was decided ultimately to erect a stone cross, a suggested site being the corner of Mrs. Brown’s garden, opposite Mr. F. Holland’s shop in High-street. Over £40 was promised in the room, and when all the ex-servicemen have contributed, the public will be asked to make up the sum to about £200, the approximate amount required. An effort previously made did not fructify; and now the ex-Servicemen have put themselves at the head it is hoped the result will be a satisfactory and a tangible memorial to those who rendered such magnificent service to the parish and their country-particularly to those who made the supreme sacrifice. Horncastle News 6th November 1920 Meeting of War Memorial Committee, Broken column design chosen, ground to be purchased in Mr G. Fountain field on Tumby Road at a cost of £12 19s. Lincolnshire Chronicle 19th March 1921 Before a crowd of 500 plus the unveiling and dedication of the memorial took place on Sunday [18th September] it is situated in the north west corner of Mr G. Fountain's field near the park corner, and consists of a broken column in Aberdeen red granite, the base being of Portland stone on a foundation of concrete. The panels and needle are polished, on the former being the names of the fallen in gold lettering, eight on each of the two panels facing the road as follows. William ADAMS; Joseph BROOKS; James Arthur COBB; Edward Inman CODD; Lionel CLIFTON (missing); Sidney GANT; Edward Barker KETTLE; Arthur Edwin LANE; Walter LEE; Edwin LAMYMAN; Fred PICK; Alfred ROWELL; Fred SLEAFORD; John William WILKINSON; Charles Herbert WARD; John T.E. WRIGHT. Heading each panel is the following inscription "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, 1914 – 1918" Dedicated by the Rev H. Felix (Rector of Coningsby) and unveiled by Captain Hotchkiss M.P. Lincolnshire Chronicle 24th September 1921 Lincolnshire Gazette Vol 3 Issue 9 A chain supported by eight pillars of stone, 2feet 3inches high has been placed in front of the war memorial to add the finishing toucches. The work was carried out by Mr Kent of Boston, The total cost of the memorial and site was £160 17s. Lincolnshire Chronicle dated 2nd September 1922 The memorial was the work of Mr. Thos. Kent, Boston, the cost being £150. The Boston Guardian,. Saturday, September 24, 1921. NW side – including steps frrom lower road © Beryl Blackhall © Beryl Blackhall © Beryl Blackhall © Beryl Blackhall © Beryl Blackhall Viewed from south side to show broken column design. © Beryl Blackhall 1914-1918 List on NW side: WILLIAM ADAMS JOSEPH BROOKES JAMES ARTHUR COBB EDWARD INMAN CODD LIONEL CLIFTON (missing) SIDNEY GANT EDWARD BARKER KETTLE ARTHUR EDWIN LANE List on SW side: WALTER LEE EDWIN LAMYMAN FRED PICK ALFRED ROWELL FRED SLEAFORD JOHN WILLIAM WILKINSON CHARLES HERBERT WARD JOHN T.E. WRIGHT 1939-1945 – NW side F. BELTON K. BELTON W.A. BETTINSON F.E. BROWN J. DAVIS N. HUTTON H.V. MAYFIELD L. PORTER Coningsby St Michael TF 221 579 © Beryl Blackhall To provide and place a memorial tablet on the south east wall of the nave in the Parish Church of Coningsby in memory of the parishioners who lost their lives iin the Great War, That the said tablet is to be of brass and about three feet one and a half inches by about one feet eleven inches. Faculty Book 14, page 141. © Michael Peck The war memorial erected on the east wall near the pulpit was unveiled by Mr. S. Laythorpe, Churchwarden on the 18th May 1921 and dedicated by the Bishop of Lincoln, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Swayne. The memorial takes the form of a brass tablet 40 inches wide by 24 inches high, designed and executed by Messes Humphreys and Oakes of Bristol and a cost of nearly £35, which was raised by public subscription Lincolnshire Chronicle 18th December 1920 & 28th May 1921 TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF THE MEN CONNECTED WITH THE PARISH WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE FALLEN AND MISSING WILLIAM ADAMS ARTHUR EDWIN LANE JOSEPH BROOKS WALTER LEE JAMES ARTHUR COOBB FRED PICK EDWARD INMAN CODD ALFRED ROWELL LIONEL CLIFTON (Missing) FRED SLEAFORD SIDNEY GANT CHARLES HERBT. WARD EDWARD BARKER KETTLE JOHN WM. WILKINSON EDWARD LAMYMAN JOHN T. E. WRIGHT "Their memory liveth for evermore To remove the existing brass War Memorial tablet which has been placed on the east wall of the South Aisle under the authority of a faculty granted by our said court on the 15-2- 1921 to a position on the south wall of the said South Aisle about fifteen feet westwards from the south east corner of such aisle in accordance with the recommendation of Lincoln Diocesan Advisory Committee of Faculties. Approved by the P.C.C. on the eighteenth July 1933 Faculty Book 17, page 69, dated 31-10-1933 © Michael Peck To provide and place on the South Wall of the Lady Chapel, beneath the 1914-18 Memorial Tablet a tablet of Oak about three feet two inches by about one foot three inches in size with the following inscription thereon, namely: 1939 1945 TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND THANKFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH AND OF OTHERS STATIONED HERE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT SEA, ON LAND AND IN THE AIR, AND ALSO IN GRATITUDE FOR THE LIVES SPARED THE NAMES OF THE PARISHIONERS WHO FELL ARE RECORDED BELOW F. BELTON F. E. BROWN. H. V. MAYFIELD. K. BELTON. J. DAVIS. L. PPORTER. W. A. BETTISON. N. HUTTON. B. SPRIGGS. Approved at a meeting of the PParochial Church Council 10th July 1947. Seal affixed th 15 December 1947. Faculty Box 20 Paying his first visit to Coninggsby, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Right Rev. Maurice Harland, on Sunday week dedicated the war memorial tablet in the Parish Church erected in remembrance of the nine Coningsby men who gave their lives in the worrld war 1939 – 45. The new memorial unveiled by the Officer Commanding R.A..F. Coningsby (Group Capt. J. C. MacDonald, D.F.C., A.F.C.) is affixed to the south side wall iimmediately below the old one. Horncastle News 13th November 1948 © Michael Peck The small brass tablet directly beneath the WW1 Memorial reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / THIS ALTAR / WAS SET UP AND DEDICATED / ON JUNE 18TH 1934 / IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES / APPEAR ON THE ABOVE TABLET / ERECTED IN 1921 © Beryl Blackhall © Beryl Blackhall UKNIWM Ref: 43056 Provision of oak Memorial Tablet about 20” by about 10½” in siize in the chapel at the east end of the north aisle with the following inscription thereon: - THIS CHAPEL WAS FURNISHED BY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF No 83 PATHFINDERS SQUADRON AND IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE AIRMEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON FLYING OPERATIONS FROM ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION CONINGSBY IN WORLD WAR II Faculty Book 1978 – 1980, Faculty No 896 dated 5th Augusst 1980. © Michael Peck © Michael Peck .5m by 0.27m high. On the North wall of the nave: Brass pllaque 200 x 430mm. © Michael Peck © Michael Peck THESE ARE THE UNIT FLAGS OF 77 ENGINEER REGIMENT (V) 219 HEADQUARTERS AND SUPPORT SQUADRON RE(V) AND 77 ENGINEER REGIMENT WORKSHOP REME (V) THESE UNITS SERVED AT ROYAL AIR FORCE CONINGSBY FROM APRIL 1986 UNTIL BEING DISBANDED ON 30 JUNE 1999. 2 Oak plaques on the North wall of nave 270 by 500mm © Beryl Blackhall In Memory of / Squadron Leader Stephen Glencourse R.A.F. / B Flight Commander 29 (F0 Squadron / And his Navigator / Flight Lieutenant Graham Finch R.A.F. / Who lost their lives over the North Sea / On the night of 12th December 1980 / Lovely and pleasant in their lives, in their death they were not divided / They were swifter than Eagles, they were stronger than Lions. © Beryl Blackhall In Memory of / Flight Lieutenant A.S. Riley R.A.F. / and / Flight Lieutenantt M.R. Hanton R.A.F. / Aircrew of 29 (F) Squadron / who lost their lives whilst flying / over the North Sea on 7th July 1982. / “We hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” UKNIWM Ref: 43057 Flag & plaque are northern side of Nave, near eastern end. Dimensions of plaque are 0.38m wide by 0.33m high. © Michael Peck © Michael Peck Pulskens Plaque. The flag of the Netherlands hangs here to honour the memory of Jacoba Maria Pulskens of Tilburg, Holland who was a member of the Resistance Movement during the enemy occupation of her country in World War 2, her house being used by allied airman in the escape network. In July 1944 whilst hiding three allied airmen Flight Lieutenant R A Walker DFC, Flying Officer R E Carter 431 Squaadron Royal Canadian Air Force, Flying Officer J S Nott 77 Squadron Royal Australian Air FForce they were all captured by the enemy and the three airmen were shot. Before being taken away herself and never to return Cobo Pulskens covered the bodies of the airman with the flag which now hangs in this chapel as a tribute to her bravery and the airman she sought to protect.