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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Cambridge
- Town
- Cambridge
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Undefined
Date: 17 November 1920
Attended by: Col TW Harding JP DL - Dedicated
Date: 17 November 1920
Attended by: Frederic Chase, Bishop of Ely - Show More (1)
- Undefined
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3451
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Current location
Junction of Castle St and Northampton St
St Giles Church
Castle St
Cambridge
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 0AQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 44598 59107
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description
- Stone crucifix surmounting square-set plinth. Plinth bears inscriptions and names on metal plaques. Two-stepped octagonal stone base. Figure of Christ crucified at head of cross.
- Inscription
- IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD/ JESUS CHRIST THIS CROSS/ IS SET UP AS A MEMORIAL/OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/"REMEMBER THEM IN YOUR/ PRAYERS AND IN YOUR LIVES"" (foot of cross) PAX
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Bertie T
Adams, Frederick W
Allensby, Charles
Bell, Thomas
Benstead, Frederick C
Bird, William
Boughey, A Edward A
Burton, Charles
Button, Hubert W
Caldecoat, Percy
See details for all 74 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 74
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 74
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Crucifix
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaques
- Listing information
- St Giles' 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
- St Giles' Church
- WMO ID: 194326
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 06-07-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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