Gedney Dyke War Memorial
Junction of Main Street and Memorial Lane, Gedney Dyke, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 0AJ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1440858
- Date first listed:
- 06-Dec-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Gedney Dyke War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Main Street and Memorial Lane, Gedney Dyke, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 0AJ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1440858
- Date first listed:
- 06-Dec-2016
- List Entry Name:
- Gedney Dyke War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Junction of Main Street and Memorial Lane, Gedney Dyke, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 0AJ
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Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Junction of Main Street and Memorial Lane, Gedney Dyke, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 0AJ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- South Holland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Gedney
- National Grid Reference:
- TF4116726037
Summary
First World War memorial, by Charles Warrick, unveiled on 4 April 1920, with one name added after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Gedney Dyke War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a tall striking obelisk in polished Aberdeen granite;
* Designer: by Charles Warrick, a local mason.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Gedney Dyke as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
To honour the fallen of Gedney, a tablet was unveiled and dedicated in St Mary Magdalene Church on Wednesday 6 October 1920. The residents of Gedney Dyke also chose to erect a war memorial for their own community, where almost 60 had enlisted during the war and nine had died. Fundraising activities were organised to meet the cost of £200 and the memorial was built by Charles Warrick, stone and marble mason of Market Street, Long Sutton. The memorial was unveiled on Easter Sunday afternoon 4 April 1920 and dedicated by the Revd Richard Lawson Gales, vicar of Gedney.
Following the Second World War, the name of one who fell in that conflict was also added.
Details
First World War memorial, by Charles Warrick, unveiled on 4 April 1920.
MATERIALS: polished Aberdeen granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a circa 2.8m high obelisk set on a square three-stage plinth upon a single-stepped base.
In incised black letters on the S face of the plinth the inscription reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED/ BY THE INHABITANTS OF/ GEDNEY DYKE AND FRIENDS/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN/ THIS, THAT A MAN SHOULD LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY.
The W and E faces are inscribed with the names of those who lost their lives in the First World War with the name of one who fell in the Second World War inscribed on the N face with the dates 1939 – 1945/ (NAME).
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 23 November 2017.
Sources
Books and journals
Credland, M, The First World War Memorials of Lincolnshire, (2014)
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 Oct 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/56773
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253764
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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