Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Huntingdon
- Town
- Diddington
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: June 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 197
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Current location
By the roadside
Diddington
Diddington
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE19 5XT
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 19118 65734
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- STONE PILLAR - COPY OF CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE RAISED CARVING OF CROSSED BAYONETS ON FRONT FACE
- Inscription
- FOR KING/ AND/ COUNTRY/ ERECTED BY THIS PARISH IN/ HONOUR OF THE MEN WHO/ SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ayers, H
Briggs, W
Cade, J
Cade, W
Cherry, J
Fellowes, G
Fellowes, J
Griffiths, C
Hannam, E
Humphrey, G
See details for all 36 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 36
Served and returned: 0
Died: 36
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: height 2133mm, width 304mm
Materials: Stone - Weldon - Base
Measurements: depth 2133mm, height 914mm, width 914mm
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Pillar
- 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
- Diddington
- WMO ID: 221703
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 02-10-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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