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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- Fenland
- Town
- Friday Bridge
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr W Shepperson (Builder)
Mr Harry Pooley (Manufacturer) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 20 November 1919
Attended by: The Reverend W Covey-Crump, Vicar of St Mark's, Friday Bridge
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3478
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Current location
5 Main Rd
Friday Bridge
Wisbech PE14 0HJ
UK is listed as a near address.
Junction of Main Rd And Well End
Friday Bridge
Fenland
Cambridgeshire
PE14 0HJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 46578 04742
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- White painted pebble dashed clock tower with dedicatory tablet inset on one side and subscription tablet inset on the other. Memorial panel in Portland stone with block lettering. Pyramid tiled roof surmounted by weather vane. Isle of Ely Borough coat of arms on the 6 o'clock face.
- Inscription
- Side one: ISLE OF ELY / THIS TOWER / WAS ERECTED IN HONOUR AND MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / AUGUST 1914 - JULY 1919./ (names) Side two: ERECTED BY / VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bardell, P
Barker, C
Bates, A J
Bates, P
Biggs, C
Biggs, G W
Drew, E W
Fisher, J W
Fox, J C
Girdlestone, G W
See details for all 24 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forname initial, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tower
Measurements: height 9000 mm
Materials: Brick - Tablet
Measurements: height 1380 mm, width 830 mm
Materials: Stone - Clock
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Tower
- Listing information
- CLOCK TOWER AND 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
- Friday Bridge clock tower
- WMO ID: 119171
- Condition: Good [last updated on 13-02-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- On the night of 2-3 March 2000 this memorial suffered storm damage. Repairs to the weather vane and roof were carried out by Elm Parish Council. Clock is on an annual maintenance agreement with Smiths of Derby. The clock has a voluntary village caretaker, Mr. A. Loughton, who hand winds each week.
- Costs
Memorial: £360
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Elm Parish Council
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- BAK 20
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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