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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- Mid Bedfordshire
- Town
- Langford
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 07 August 1921
Attended by: MR S HOWARD WHITBREAD CB JP - Rededicated
Date: 07 September 1968
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1916
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Current location
just south of Station Road
Clock Tower
High Street
Langford
Mid Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
SG18 9RR
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 18596 40858
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Square clock tower with cupola and clocks on each face. A latin cross is engraved on each face with attached tablets and inscription and names in gilt lettering.
- Inscription
- (6 O'CLOCK): 1914 1918 / (NAMES UNDER HEADINGS FOR EACH YEAR) (12 O'CLOCK): THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE REDEDCATION / CEREMONY OF THE WAR MEMORIAL CLOCK MECHANISM / ON THE 8TH SEPTEMBER 1968. FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE LANGFORD BRANCH OF THE BRITISH LEGION (3 'O'CLOCK): 1939-1945 / (NAMES) / ERECTED / BY THE PARISHIONERS TO / THE IMMORTAQL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF LANGFORD / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR FREEDOM IN THE / GREAT W ARS / 1914-1918:1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Beaumont, Frederick C
Bland, Herbert C
Brereton, Leonard
Brown, Donald A
Brown, Frederick W
Brown, Herbert
Brown, Oscar
Brown, Sidney
Carter, Ernest
Champkins, Ivor B
See details for all 46 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 35
Served and returned: 0
Died: 35
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname,year died,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: depth 1680MM, height 7000MM, width 1680MM
Materials: Stone - Clock
Measurements: depth 1680MM, height 7000MM, width 1680MM
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Tablets
- 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
- Langford
- WMO ID: 229514
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 22-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: £400
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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