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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- South Bucks
- Town
- Burnham
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 20 December 1920
Attended by: Bishop of Buckingham - Rededicated
Date: 1946
Attended by: Unknown - Dedicated
Date: 20 December 1920
Attended by: Unknown - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8258
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Current location
Town Park
High Street
Burnham
South Bucks
Buckinghamshire
SL1 7JB
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 93152 82283
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Between School & Workmen's Institute
Stomp Road
Burnham
South Bucks
Buckinghamshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Between School & Workmen's Institute
- Description
- Celtic cross with half size figure of soldier positioned in front of cross, all set upon a plinth and three step base. Memorial is situated atop a larger circular base with grass and three steps.
- Inscription
- 1914-1918/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adaway, A
Adaway, G
Adaway, R C J
Aldridge, H H
Allder, J E
Allen, S
Allen, S
Arnett, G
Arnett, W J
Bacha, A
See details for all 136 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 48
Served and returned: 0
Died: 48
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 88
Served and returned: 0
Died: 88
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Figure
- Listing information
- Burnham 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
- Burnham
- WMO ID: 189331
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 09-11-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Town Council
- Reference
- Bucks Herald, 25 December 1920
- buckinghamshireremembers.org.uk/gateway.php?page=290
- Yesterdays Town: Burnham by Dorothy Blackman (& Burnham historians)
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