War Memorial - Ropsley and Humby, Lincolnshire, England

Erected
in memory of and in
honour to the soldiers
of Ropsley and Humby
who gave their lives for
home and liberty in
the Great War
1914 - 1918
At the going down of the
sun and in the morning
we will remember them

Thorpe Aikinson (Atkinson)
Robert Waterfield Abbott
John Thomas Barber
Albert Bee
John Thomas Briggs
Robert William Brothwell
Ernest Henry Chappell
John William Hames

By their sacrifice we live

Percival H. E. Chantry
Arthur Dean
John Doughty
Harry Dunmore
George Edward Freestone (Freeston)
George William Hare
Walter Hodson
James Kent
Francis T. Watmough

Lest we forget

Joseph Hind
Cyril Joseph Kitchen
Hugh Lloyd
Harry Morley
William Peatman
Albert Henry Tindale
Charles Henry Willows

Remember their sacrifice

1939 - 1945

Gerald Christopher Brewster
Kenneth George Corton
Joseph Leslie Crow

William Philip Dales
Wilfred Marlow
Kenneth Smith (GC)

Inside of the Church of St. Peter can be found a memorial panel and a window what is dedicated to William Philip Dales:

In grateful remembrance of the soldiers of Robsley and Little Humby who fell in the Gret War 1914 - 1918
	Thorpe Atkinson Robert Waterfield Abbott John Thomas Barber Albert Bee John Thomas Briggs Robert William Brothwell Ernest Henry Chappell Percival H. E. Chantry Arthur Dean John Doughty Harry Dunmore	George Edward Freestone George William Hare Walter Hodson James Kent Cyril Joseph Kitchen Hugh Lloyd Joseph Lloyd Harry Morley William Peatman Albert Henry Tindale Charles Henry Willows
They died the noblest death a man can die fighting for God and right and liberty.

To the Glory of God and in Memory of a beloved younger son
William Philip Dales
Of Little Humby who did not return from an operational flight over Ostend
5th November 1941, aged 22.
"Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends"

The pictures and information were provided by Mr. Mick Peck. Many thanks, Mick.

St.Peter's Church
Picture owner: Richard Croft
Source: geograph

The picture of the church of St. Peter is licensed under
the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

This page is dedicated to the 10 million victims of World War I and 60 million victims of World War II.
We should always remember the immense grief and loss each war brought to the world.


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