Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Mid Bedfordshire
- Town
- Northill
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 18th April 1920
Attended by: Colonel J Harvey
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1746
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Current location
On the village green
Ickwell Green
Northill
Mid Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
SG18 9ED
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 14980 45640
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone Latin cross with bronze sword of sacrifice, on an octagonal plinth, inscription in black on plinth, mounted upon three stone steps. This is all surrounded by eight posts with spiked chain linking.
- Inscription
- 6 O'clock face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED / BY THE INHABITANTS / OF THE PARISH OF / NORTHILL / TO THE EVERLASTING / MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WARS 1914 - 1918 / AND 1939 - 1945 / THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE / BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE 7:30 O'clock face: 1914 / (Names) / 1916 / (Names) / 1917 / (Names) 12 o'clock face: THE INHABITANTS OF THE / FOLLOWING VILLAGES / ERECTED THIS CROSS / AS A TOKEN OF LOVE / AND GRATITUDE TO / THEIR KINSMEN WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / NORTHILL / UPPER CALDECOTE / LOWER CALDECOTE / ICKWELL / THORNCOTE / HATCH / BROOK END / COW PASTURES / VINEGAR HILL / BUDNA / GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR / HIS FRIENDS 3 o'clock face: 1939 - 1945 / (Names) 4:30 o'clock face: 1917 / (Names) / 1918 / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Askham, P
Brown, James
Brunt, Frederick
Brunt, Harold
Brunt, Herbert
Brunt, William
Buck, Harry
Buck, Sidney
Clark, William
Cole, Frederick
See details for all 44 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 37
Served and returned: 0
Died: 37
Exact count: no
Information shown: Year of death, forename, middle initial, surname.
Order of information: Year of death - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initial, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 4400MM
Materials: Stone - Portland - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland
- 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
- ICKWELL / NORTHILL PARISH
- WMO ID: 131110
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 12-04-2018]
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- Costs
Site: £277 15S 4D
Memorial: Free- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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