Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Milton Keynes
Town
Stoke Goldington, Newport Pagnell
County
Buckinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
8251

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Current location

On a Village Green area
close to the school,
High Street (B526)
Stoke Goldington
Newport Pagnell
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK16 8NP
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 83793 48609
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Two-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned tapering plinth with incised inscription panels. Rising from the plinth is a boss with an octagonal sectioned column plus a further boss, topped by a wheel cross. The whole memorial site is paved with a low perimeter chain and ten posts. A path enters this enclosure from roadside pavement.
Inscription
6 O'clock: THIS MEMORIAL / WAS ERECTED BY / THE INHABITANTS OF / STOKE GOLDINGTON AND GAYHURST / IN MEMORY OF THEIR HEROES / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 / WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 9 O'clock: GREATER LOVE / HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN / HIS LIFE FOR THIS FRIEND
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bland, Arthur
Brown, Joseph
Byway, Trevor
Cadogan, Henry Osbert Samuel
Chapman, John
Cooper, Leonard
Edmunds, Harry
Garratt, Ernest
Green, Geo
Harris, John
See details for all 31 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 31
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 31
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Year died, forename, middle initial, surname
    Order of information: Year of death
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Year died, forename, middle initial, surname
    Order of information: Year of death
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • Stoke Goldington and Gayhurst 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
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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