Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Shrine
- District
- Huntingdon
- Town
- Eaton Socon
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 11th May 1917
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 19140
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- Previous locations
- St Mary (Eaton Socon Parish Church)
Great North Road
Eaton Socon
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE19 8EQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 17042 58871
Denomination: Church of England
- St Mary (Eaton Socon Parish Church)
- Description
- Temporary War Shrine: tablet with canopy surmounted by a Cross
- Inscription
- ROLL OF HONOUR/ 1914 - 1917/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THE PARISH OF EATON SOCON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING/ AND COUNTRY/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS; THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, J
Ball, R
Barringer, C
Bettles, C
Bundy, L
Carrington, H
Childerley, A
Cooper, W G
Corbett, J
Cousins, F
See details for all 24 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- Condition
- History
- TEMPORARY SHRINE
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- St Mary (Eaton Socon Parish Church) www.eatonsocon.org/
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