Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Huntingdon
- Town
- Croxton
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: May 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 194
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Current location
St James' Church
Croxton Park Estate
Croxton
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE19 6SY
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 25243 59225
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic cross set on a stepped plinth and base. The dedication and names are on the 6o'clock face.
- Inscription
- IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE CROXTON MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAME)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ashcroft, Edward
Brace, Charles
Brace, Frank
Brace, Herbert
Flinders, William
Hankin, Sidney
Hayden, Frank Richard
Lunnis, Frank
Meeks, Percy
Newton, Denzil
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, year died, forename, age of death
Order of information: rank - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
- 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
- Croxton Men
- WMO ID: 253543
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 07-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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