Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Bedfordshire
- Town
- Elstow
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 28th October 1922
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1918
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Current location
S WALL
St Mary and St Helena Abbey Church
Church End
Elstow
North Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
MK42 9XT
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 04904 47394
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Elstow School
Ampthill Road
Bedford
North Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
MK42 9PP
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 04656 48299
Denomination: Undefined
- Elstow School
- Description
- Rectangular tablet set on a green marble backboard with a carved drape at the top and the names below in three columns in gilt lettering.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN / MEMORY OF OLD ESTONIANS / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / (NAMES IN THREE COLUMNS) / THOUGH I RUDE LETTERED MAYBE NAMELESS TOMB / SOME LIE OUT THERE NEATH UNRECORDED SOD / WHO DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY, SCHOOL AND HOME / NOT UNREMEMBERED ALL HAVE MET THEIR GOD/
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbiss, F T L
Abbiss, J L
Abercrombie, R H C
Adams, A C A
Allen, A G
Atkinson, D
Bainbridge, C
Bainbridge, J S
Barford, K P
Barnes, W O
See details for all 87 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 87
Served and returned: 0
Died: 87
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname,occupation
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Green - Tablet
Measurements: height 1960MM, width 1370MM
Materials: Marble - White
- Backboard
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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