Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- South Cambridgeshire
- Town
- Linton
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13th March 1921
Attended by: COLONEL JOSEPH GRIFFITHS
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 12944
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Current location
Village cemetery
Linton Cemetery
Back Street
Linton
South Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
CB21 4JJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 56344 47003
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone obelisk surmounting two-stepped base. Inscription on one side of memorial.
- Inscription
- TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN OF/ LINTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ AND IN THE/ WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Beeton, A
Beeton, F
Biggs, E
Biggs, H
Brown, G
Casbolt, E
Clarke, R
Colvill, H
Cottage, A
Cottage, E
See details for all 59 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 46
Served and returned: 0
Died: 46
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initial
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initial
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: depth c400 mm, height c2500 mm, width c400 mm
Materials: Stone
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Linton
- WMO ID: 228536
- Condition: Good [last updated on 22-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Linton Cemetery
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