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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Test Valley
- Town
- Shipton Bellinger
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
St Peter's Church
Shipton Bellinger
Test Valley
Hampshire
SP9 7UF
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 23296 45425
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone cross on octagonal plinth and octagonal three step base. Inscription on plinth and top step.
- Inscription
- Front face of plinth: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES/ FOR THE EMPIRE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918 Other faces/ (Names) Top step of base: FAITHFUL/ IN/ DUTY Left of top step: NOBLE/ IN/ LIFE Right of top step: GLORIOUS/ IN/ DEATH Middle step of base: 1939-1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bakehouse, J
Bartholomew, Ernest
Bratchell, Francis G
Collins, Ernest
Collins, Norman
Collins, O L
Frank, C
Gale, Benjamin
Hale, Walter
Harvey, John
See details for all 21 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surnames, initials
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surnames, initials
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Undefined
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Cross
- Listing information
- Shipton Bellinger 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
- SHIPTON BELLINGER
- WMO ID: 122327
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 09-12-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- "Shipton Bellinger War Memorial." Historic England, historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1459807. Accessed 6 July 2024.
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