Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Huntingdon
- Town
- Yaxley
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 394
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Current location
Yaxley Cemetery
Dovecote Lane
Yaxley
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE7 3NE
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 17462 92083
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rough hewn stone of remembrance with carved crossed British and French flags at the top, and the names in two columns below.
- Inscription
- TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO CHAMPIONED OUR CAUSE IN THE GREAT WAR/ AND FOR US MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ (NAMES)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Amps, H
Ayres, C W
Beeby, J
Bellamy, W P
Broughton, H
Brown, W
Coles, J W
Coles, M
Cooper, G S
Garratt, A
See details for all 39 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: 0
Died: 21
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname,regiment,forename
Order of information: Surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 39
Served and returned: 0
Died: 39
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname,regiment,forename
Order of information: Surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: height 2133mm
Materials: Granite - Aberdeen
- Stone of remembrance
- Listing information
- Yaxley Cemetery 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
- Costs
Site: £185
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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