Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Mid Bedfordshire
- Town
- Langford
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 65999
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Current location
Formerly Langford Board (Mixed) School
Langford Lower School
Church Street
Langford
Mid Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
SG18 9QA
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 18678 41390
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A board composed of three panels. The centre panel has a gold-painted wreath and an inscription in gold lettering, and a triangular pediment at the top. The left and right panels bear the names, arranged by year of death. with a triangular pediment to the centre panel.
- Inscription
- Left panel: (Names) Centre panel: IN/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE/ OLD BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ AN OLD SOLDIER'S TRIBUTE. Right Panel: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Beaumont, Frederick C
Brown, Frederick Wm.
Brown, Herbert
Brown, Oscar
Brown, Sidney
Champkins, Ivor B
Champkins, Wm. Ed.
Clark, Frederick
Cooper, Hubert
Dines, James
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,forename
Order of information: year died,surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: depth 30mm, height 1000mm, width 660mm
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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
- History
- 2009: Lettering has been repainted. The memorial was retrieved from disposal at a date unknown.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Responsibility
- Langford Lower School
- Reference
- Langford School website: [www.langfordlowerschool.ik.org/p_Our_Memorial_to_WWI.ikml]
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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