Article from this months Whittlesea Society Newsletter.
Why not join the Whittlesea Society.
The next meeting of the Whittlesea Society will be on
Thursday 27th April at The Falcon Hotel, London Street, 2.00 – 4.00 pm
The speaker will be the well-known author Mr Philip Gray who will be giving
an insight into The Whittlesey Charity.
A gathering in Whittlesey town centre which appears to be for the unveiling of the town’s war memorial. (Peterborough Images Archieve©)
WHITTLESEY WAR MEMORIAL
by Maureen Watson
This year marks the centenary of Whittlesey War Memorial, which was unveiled on 25th February 1923 at a ceremony attended by Brigadier-General W Strong CB CMG.
It was funded by public subscription and cost £750.
The War Memorial was designed by a Whittlesey resident, Thomas William Ford, who lived in Blunts Lane.
The memorial’s full-length statue depicts St George, sword in hand, with one foot on a slain dragon. St George faces towards the railway station from where local men went off to war, many never to return.
The tragedy of war hit many Whittlesey families hard; some harder than others.
In the First World War, James and Mary Anne Parker sadly lost seven grandsons.
The War Memorial now commemorates the fallen from the First and Second World Wars, the Civil Defence, and the Korean War.
[To coincide with the centenary, Whittlesey Museum has mounted an
exhibition which includes photographs of some of the men whose names are engraved on the War Memorial.
{The Museum is open on Saturday mornings between 10.00 am and 1.00 pm.}
