World War I Deaths - Over Kellett, UK
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dtrebilc
N 54° 07.434 W 002° 44.142
30U E 517273 N 5997339
This broken column is unusual because it has been used as a World War I memorial for men of the parish who fought and fell. This truly is a fitting memorial for those lives cut short.
Waymark Code: WMT1GF
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/09/2016
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Over Kellet is a small village in Lancashire with a large village green bisected by a crossroads. The monument stands next to the crossroads opposite a historical village cross.
This is the first time I have seen a broken column used as a war memorial, but it is very appropriate and a poignant use of this type of memorial.
There are 10 names inscribed for World War I. Sometime later after World War II, the monument was amended and two names added for that war.
Headstone/Monument Text:
TO
THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO
FOUGHT AND FELL
IN THE GREAT WARS
1914 - 1918
______
LEST WE FORGET
J. ALEXANDER
G. LEE BOOKER
F. W. BULLOUGH
T. EDWARDS
E. EDWARDS
A. J. GRAHAM
T. HODGSON
J. E. ROBINSON
T. TOWNSON
J. WESTERN
1939 -1945
William Hunter
Harry Sedgwick
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