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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- North Wiltshire
- Town
- Christian Malford
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: October 1919
Attended by: Bishop of Bristol
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23946
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Current location
Christian Malford War Memorial
The Green
junction with Church Road
Christian Malford
North Wiltshire
Wiltshire
SN15 4BQ
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 96408 78730
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rough-hewn Celtic style wheel cross integrated with a rectangular sectioned, tapering shaft, mounted on a tapering rectangular sectioned plinth and single step. Pinned-lead lettering and numerals form the inscription and names on two smoothened faces of plinth. The whole memorial is enclosed within a kerbed and gravelled area on a grass triangular road junction refuge.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock plinth face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN THANKFUL AND HONOURED / MEMORY OF OUR OWN WHO FOUGHT AND / FELL IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR / 1914 - 1919. / (12 NAMES) / "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" // 3 o'clock plinth face: 1939 - 1945 / (3 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bridgeman, Arthur
Bridgeman, M R
Bridgeman, W V
Clark, Guy
Cole, George
Dawson, C H
Edwards, Frank
Freegard, W H
Hobbs, Frederick
Hughes, Michael
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Forename, surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Listed alphabetical by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 900mm, height 2800mm, width 1050mm
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Listing information
- Christian Malford War Memorial Cross
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Christian Malford
- WMO ID: 100181
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 31-05-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Parish Council.
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