Winterton War Memorial
A committee meeting chaired by Mr Thomas Tate was held in the public hall on Thursday evening 5 February 1920 to select a suitable design and site for a memorial. Several locations were considered, including the Market Place and cemetery, and drawings presented for a cross and obelisk. By 46 votes to 35 it was resolved to erect a cross at the junction of Earlsgate (B1430) and Roxby Road (A1077) at a cost of £250. Standing sixteen feet high the memorial is made of Portland stone in the form of a three stepped octagonal base and pedestal supporting a tapering shaft surmounted by a Celtic cross.
Headed by ex-servicemen, mourners, schoolchildren, village organisations, Urban District Council members and general public a procession formed at Weir Hill at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon 12 December 1920 and, although the weather was wintry, 450 were in attendance. On reaching the memorial the hymn Let Saints On Earth In Concert Sing was sung and the Revd James William Bullen (Wesleyan) read the lesson. The memorial was unveiled by ex-serviceman Mr C Hunt who joined the army in 1915 and served for nearly three years in Egypt and Palestine. Prayers were offered by the Revd John Squire Wilkinson (Primitive) and the Revd Reginald Bertram Luard-Selby (Vicar) gave the Benediction. The proceedings ended with the sounding of the Last Post by Mr W Woodley (ex-drum major) and the laying of wreaths. Highway alterations were carried out at the road junction in 1968 and the memorial was relocated to All Saints' churchyard.
Source: Michael Credland, The First World War memorials of Lincolnshire
Headed by ex-servicemen, mourners, schoolchildren, village organisations, Urban District Council members and general public a procession formed at Weir Hill at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon 12 December 1920 and, although the weather was wintry, 450 were in attendance. On reaching the memorial the hymn Let Saints On Earth In Concert Sing was sung and the Revd James William Bullen (Wesleyan) read the lesson. The memorial was unveiled by ex-serviceman Mr C Hunt who joined the army in 1915 and served for nearly three years in Egypt and Palestine. Prayers were offered by the Revd John Squire Wilkinson (Primitive) and the Revd Reginald Bertram Luard-Selby (Vicar) gave the Benediction. The proceedings ended with the sounding of the Last Post by Mr W Woodley (ex-drum major) and the laying of wreaths. Highway alterations were carried out at the road junction in 1968 and the memorial was relocated to All Saints' churchyard.
Source: Michael Credland, The First World War memorials of Lincolnshire
In February 1920, Winterton Urban District Council received a letter from S. G. Stephenson, Secretary of the Winterton War Memorial committee, asking for "permission to erect the War Memorial monument on the roadside on the west side of the Roxby Road, opposite the west end of Earlsgate". Councillors granted permission and the war memorial was unveiled on 12 December 1920.
In January 1947, Winterton Parish Council started to discuss the addition of names for the WW2 casualties.
In January 1947, Winterton Parish Council started to discuss the addition of names for the WW2 casualties.
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph - Thursday 16 September 1948
AROUND THE DISTRICT - WINTERTON TRIBUTE
Winterton Parish Council has accepted a tender for two bronze plates on the existing war memorial to commemorate the dead of the 1939-45 war. A total of £83 15s 10d has already been collected towards the cost of the work, and the fund is still open. The names of those appearing on the plates will be posted on the Parish Council noticeboard, and relatives of the fallen are asked to ensure that the names are correct. The proposed inscription will read: "With proud thanksgiving we remember them".
The two additional panels were eventually unveiled on 29 May 1949. In 1968 the war memorial was relocated to All Saints' churchyard. For the full story, click on the downloads.
"There are many people who think that too much money is being spent on memorials, but it is the only practical way of keeping green the memory of those men who had sacrified their lives."
Lieut Col. H. G. Wilson, at the Barton upon Humber war memorial roll of honour unveiling at the Constitutional Club,
February 1921.