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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- East Cambridgeshire
- Town
- Stretham
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 2nd July 1922
Attended by: Lieut-Col F J M Stratton, DSO - Dedicated
Date: 2nd July 1922
Attended by: The Right Rev Bishop Price, DD - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8407
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Current location
St James' Church
High Street
Stretham
East Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
CB6 3LD
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 51221 74619
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic cross on square plinth on a four stepped base. WW1 names inscribed on the plinth, WW2 names inscribed on a slab on the third step.
- Inscription
- Plinth: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF STRETHAM WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / (Names) // Slab: 1939 - 1945 / (Names) //
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baxter, Albert
Baxter, Frank
Beasley, Percy
Bidwell, Will
Bulman, Ben
Clark, Abel
Constable, William H
Dimmock, Bert
Driver, Albert
Gibbs, Douglas
See details for all 35 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 1829mm, height 3658mm, width 1829mm
Materials: Stone - Ketton
- Cross
- Listing information
- Stretham 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
- Stretham
- WMO ID: 142282
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 01-05-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2000: removal of lichen and repointing of names and inscriptions
- Costs
Memorial: £100
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/142282
- Stretham: A Feast of Memories by Beatrice Stevens B.E.M. (Providence Press, 1989, Haddenham, Cambs)
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