Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Cherwell
- Town
- Bodicote
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 12th September 1920
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31207
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Current location
Close to Churchyard entrance gate,
St. John the Baptist Churchyard
Church Street
Bodicote
Cherwell
Oxfordshire
OX15 4DW
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 46014 37672
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Large square platform-type base with a moulded-edged, overhanging upper face, supporting a single-stepped square base surmounted by a square to octagonal sectioned transition plinth, moulded foot integral with an octagonal tapering shaft, moulded octagonal boss and ornate wheel-like cross. Plywood boards bearing inscription and names and are attached to the four side faces of plinth. Boards painted black with white lettering. The whole memorial is enclosed by four stone corner posts supporting a chain link fence.
- Inscription
- North face : TO THE HONOUR OF / THE MEN OF BODICOTE / WHO DIED / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR / EVERMORE East face : 1939 - 1945 / (3 NAMES) / KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION / (1 NAME) South face : (10 Names) West face : (11 Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, Sidney
Bailey, Frank
Bailey, Michael
Butler, Sidney
Casebrook, Joseph
Dunn, William
Giddings, Sidney
Golby, Charles
Hayward, Harry
Hirons, Frederick
See details for all 25 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: 0
Died: 21
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Surname - 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: Surname - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Manner of death, forename, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Hornton - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Cross
- 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
- Bodicote
- WMO ID: 251569
- Condition: Good [last updated on 19-04-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- c1990's : Replacement boards with names mounted.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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