Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- North Bedfordshire
- Town
- Clapham
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 7646
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Current location
Playing field
High Street
Clapham
North Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
MK41 6DT
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 02970 52647
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Entrance gate to playing field, composed of railings between brick-built pillars and side walls, with double metal gates. Tablets on gate posts.
- Inscription
- WW1 tablet: 1914 - 18/ (Names) WW2 tablet: 1939 - 45/ (Names)/ THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD./ AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD./ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM,/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN,/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN,/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armstrong, A
Barker, A G
Barker, E W
Birbeck, J
Bland, C A
Bowyer, L
Brown, C A
Browning, C H
Colbert, C
Colbert, R D
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Gate posts
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Tablets
Measurements: height 610mm, width 460mm
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Gate posts
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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