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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- Kennet
- Town
- Baydon
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 06th August 1919
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23938
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Current location
St Nicholas Church
Ermin Street
Baydon
Kennet
Wiltshire
SN8
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 282 781
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Chucr clock attached to the tower with two dedicatory brass plaques inside the church.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / THIS CLOCK IN THE CHURCH TOWER WAS ERECTED / IN MEMORY OF BAYDON MEN WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / (WW1 NAMES) / WORLD WAR 1939-1945 / (WW2 NAMES) / THE MEMORIAL CLOCK RESTORED / IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SILVER JUBILEE OF / HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Davis, A
Farmer, C
Gigg, F E
Gosling, H A
Ilott, H
Lawrence, H
Loxley, A
Marchant, A
Radbourne, T
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Clock
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Clock
- 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 - Responsibility
- RESTORED FOR SILVER JUBILEE 1977. SERVICED ANN.
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