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War
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The War Memorial for Glinton (City of Peterborough)
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The Glinton War Memorial is situated in the churchyard of St. Benedict's Church, Glinton.
The memorial is an elaborately floriated cross on square plinth and base
and has recently been restored. The original dedication (on the plinth) reads;-
"IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THESE MEN WHO DIED FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919/ NAMES)/ ALSO IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945".
A new plaque at the base of the plinth has a more recent dedication (the Kohima Epitaph), with the names of 12 men who lost their lives in the First World War and 4 from the Second World War.
One soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the memorial.
2nd Lieutenant Francis William Alexander Faithfull. 3rd
Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, formerly 11th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the Rev. Robert Colquhoun Faithfull and Felicia Amy Faithfull, of Shrub
House, Copford, Colchester. Late of Peakirk Rectory, Peterborough. Killed
3 July 1915. Aged 18.
Buried BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY.
The
(Modern) Dedication and Commemorations on the War Memorial for Glinton (City
of Peterborough)
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
Francis
Faithfull's Name on the War Memorial for Glinton (City of Peterborough)
Photo : Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
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