Stanstead Abbotts- Cross

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Cross
District: East Hertfordshire
Town: Stanstead Abbotts
County: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 21922

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Current location

St Andrew's Church
Cappell Lane
Stanstead Abbotts
East Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
SG12 1BX
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 38676 12128
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

TALL STONE CROSS ON A MULTI SIDED INSCRIBED BASE, ON A 4 TIER PLYNTH IN THE CHURCH YARD. BAS-RELIEF SWORD ON FRONT.

Inscription

TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ HONOUR OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR OF 1914-1919. THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. (NAMES FOR THE SECOND WORLD WAR HAVE BEEN ADDED AND, ON A FLOWER HOLDER BENEATH THE FACE IS INSCRIBED "PRESENTED BY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BRITISH LEGION 1956") FACE 9'OCLOCK 1939-1945 FACE 3'OCLOCK 1939-1945

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Atkins, A Cecil
Bentley, Henry J
Bentley, Ralph
Brown, Herbert C V
Burgess, Charles
Buxton, Andrew R
Buxton, George B
Clarke, Alfred E
Clarke, Frederick
Cole, Ernest
See details for all 32 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 0
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename,decorations
Order of information: surname

Components

Cross
Measurements: depth 3000MM, height 6000MM, width 3000MM
Materials: Stone

Listing information

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History

2014: Memorial cleaned by Local History Society.

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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