Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Rushcliffe
- Town
- Colston Bassett
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 27196
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Current location
ST JOHN THE DIVINE CHURCH
Church Gate
Colston Bassett
Rushcliffe
Nottinghamshire
NG12 3FC
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 700 333
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- SQUARE BASE SURMOUNTED BY SQUARE PLINTH, SHAFT AND WHEEL CROSS. INSCRIPTION ON EACH SIDE OF THE PLINTH.
- Inscription
- EAST SIDE: TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF COLSTON BASSETT/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES: (NAMES) WEST SIDE: I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT/ I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE/ I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, Arthur
Birkin, Albert
Faulks, Alfred
Green, John
Lane, Albert
Newton, Charles
Parnham, Ernest
Parnham, Thomas
Richards, Alfred
Rogerson, Robert
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Colston Bassett War Memorial
- 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
- Colston Bassett
- WMO ID: 133983
- Condition: Good [last updated on 11-12-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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