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The City of Lincoln Company of Civic Bell Ringers
Parish and Civic Church of St Mary-le-Wigford
Thursday, 31 January 2019 in 42m (6–1–17)
1272 Minimus (1v/1m)
(being 27 extents of Dunholme Court & 26 extents of Single Court Place.)
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1 Paul Sharp
2 Yvonne A Woodcock
3 Michael Christie
4 Christopher C P Woodcock (C)
Rung with the bells half muffled in memory of the following three Lincoln men who died due to the Great War during January 1919. Specially rung to commemorate the centenary of their deaths, We will remember them.
FRED HALLAM, Private 241488, "B" Company, 2nd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 4th January 1919, aged 21.
WALTER HOWARD, Private, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 7th January 1919 in Lincoln.
JOSEPH STOW, Private 43165, 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 12th January 1919, aged 31.
When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today.
Honourable age does not depend on length of days, nor is the number of years a true measure of life.
They are all commemorated on the City War Memorial on the High Street.
The fifty-fourth of the monthly Great War Commemoration Quarters in Lincoln.
(Rung also for the Lincoln Diocesan Guild)
This performance is linked to the event The City of Lincoln Company of Civic Bell Ringers — Lincoln Remembers (WW1 commemorations)
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM (Image: Christopher C P Woodcock)
The City War Memorial on the High Street in front of St Benedict's, commemorating the 971 Lincoln men who fell in the Great War. (Image: Christopher C P Woodcock)
The City War Memorial being unveiled in November 1922. (Image: Christopher C P Woodcock)
The City War Memorial on the High Street in front of St Benedict's. (Image: Christopher C P Woodcock)