Men of Wootton

Address:Cemetery Gate

Parish:Wootton

Type of Memorial:Lychgate

Description:The cemetery is situated approx half a mile from the centre of the village on the road leading out to Grimsby. It is managed by the Church Council. On the front face of the supporting concrete columns of the Lynch Gate of the Parish Cemetery stone tablets have been attached to commemorate the dead of the First World War.

Inscription:(Left panel) TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF WOOTTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ GOD, KING & COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914- 1918/ (right panel) HERBERT BAILEY/ CHARLES H. BELLAMY/ ARTHUR BRUMPTON/ CHARLES W. BRUMPTON/ GEORGE H. DEAN/ FREDERICK MARKHAM/ WALTER MARKHAM/ JOSEPH W PEARCE/ HARRY SIMONS/ JOHN P SKIPWORTH/ JAMES TOPHAM/ HARRY WOOD/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/

Sources Used:L.F.H.S.