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St Andrews Methodist Church

Three brass plaques are found in St Andrews Church at the corner of Mill Road and St Peter's Avenue in Cleethorpes. The plaques were originally erected in Trinity Methodist Church in the town and then moved to Mill Road Methodist Church but both those Churches were demolished and the memorials ended up at St Andrews which was built on the site of Mill Road Church in the 1980's.

In 2007 the memorials were found in storage in the Church and the congregation sought to return these to display. A grant of £250 was awarded by War Memorials Trust towards cleaning and re-lettering. 

The memorials read:

Plaque 1:

To the Glory of God and in grateful memory of the gallant men of this Church who died for their Country and Mankind in the Great War. 1914-1918. 

Joseph W. Bancroft
Thomas J. Croft
Kenneth J. Hill
Robert N. Hodgson
Thomas S. Humeberstone
Ben Nicholson
Cyril A. Peace
William H. Rowbotham
Henry H. Webster
William Wheatley

"Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends." 

Plaque 2:

To the Glory of God and in grateful memory of the gallant men of this Church who died for their Country and Mankind in the Great War. 1914-1918. 

Raymond Bannister
Jack G. Blow
George A. Brown
Frank G. Grant
G. Rowland Grant
Archie Mallett
Herbert K. Sheardown
Frank S. Sheardown
George R. Showler
Eddie Showler

"Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee the Crown of Life."

Plaque 3:

To the Glory of God and in memory of the men of this Church who laid down their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM2042
UK National Inventory of War Memorials:

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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