Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Aylesbury Vale
- Town
- Bishopstone
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 23 June 1920
Attended by: General Oxley
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8044
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Current location
Roadside next to hedge
Bishopstone
Aylesbury Vale
Buckinghamshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SP8031810419
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Square pillar steps leading up to it. Railings on either side and a laurel wreath on the front fac.e
- Inscription
- ERECTED/ TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN HONOUR OF THE/ MEN OF BISHOPSTONE/ WHO SERVED IN THE/ GREAT WARS/ 1914-1918/ 1939-1945/ KILLED/ (NAMES) /WOUNDED/(NAMES)/ SERVED OVERSEAS (NAMES)/ HOME SERVICE/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- A, H
Batson, E E
Brigginshaw, W
Cheshire, A
Cheshire, L
Cheshire, W
Farmborough, T
Farmborough, W
Miller, A
Miller, C
See details for all 32 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 4
Died: 28
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height 2000 mm
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- Bishopstone 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
- BISHOPSTONE
- WMO ID: 115275
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 11-12-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Parish Council
- Reference
- Bucks Herald 26 June 1920
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