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Martin
Town or City: Martin
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM368
Value of grant: £537.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: English Heritage/Wolfson Foundation Grants
Year: 2006
UKNIWM reference number: 20456
The war memorial in the village of Martin in the Lincolnshire Fens is a limestone wheel cross on a slim pillar with a moulded top and base. The pillar stands on a plinth and a three-stepped square base. The plinth is inscribed on three sides with lead lettering and there is a low relief shield carved at each corner. It stands in the churchyard of Holy Trinity on the High Street.
In 2006/7 English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation gave £537 towards work to clean the memorial, to re-point it using lime mortar, to apply masonry biocide and to repair the concrete base.
The World War I inscription reads
"To the
glory of God
and
in memory of the men
of Martin
who fell in the
Great War
1914 – 1918
Their name liveth for evermore"
The World War I names listed are
"Pte. Ware Alick
Pte. Baker Ernest
Pte. Baker Arthur G.C.
L.C. Lee Joseph
Pte. Short Fred
Pte. Taylor Henry
Pte. Atkin Tasman D.C.M.
Pte. Burr Jos. Walter
Pte. Beaumont George
Pte. Mills Robert
Pte. Baumber John
Sap. Stubley Ernest V.
Pte. Fulford Herbert
Pte. Franklin Speed"
The World War II text reads
"World War
1939 – 1945
Capt. Draper . Philip J.
Pte. Oakes Thomas S."
The four shields have individual low relief texts on them, namely Pro Patria, Pro Rege, Pro Deo and Pro Recto.
The limestone for the cross was quarried at Ancaster, eight miles south west of Martin.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM368
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 20456
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
