Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- East Hertfordshire
- Town
- Benington
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14556
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Current location
ST PETERS CHURCH
Benington Green
Benington
East Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 297 236
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- FLORIATED WHEEL CROSS ON OCTAGONAL TAPERING COLUMN, SQUARE PLINTH AND TWO STEPPED BASE
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY/ OF/ BENINGTON/ MEN WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ THEIR NAMES SHALL/ LIVE FOR EVER/ (NAMES) ALSO WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES) / THEY SHALL NOT (SIC) GROW OLD AS WE THAT / ARE LEFT GROW OLD / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE / YEARS CONDEMN / AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND / IN THE MORNING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Avis, Arthur
Bennett, Christopher
Cannon, George
Collins, A
Collins, Frederick
Draper, Stanley
Fardell, Victor
Fox, Harry
Frost, Joseph
Hargreaves, Reginald
See details for all 19 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 19
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 19
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 1550MM, height 5000MM, width 1550MM
Materials: Stone - Portland - Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Copper
- Cross
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Benington
- WMO ID: 245551
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 08-04-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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