Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Wellingborough
- Town
- Mears Ashby
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date:
Attended by: Brigadier-General H.E. Stockdale, Rev'd. G. Thornton, Rev'd. C.J. Snowden
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 15024
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Current location
All Saints Church
Church Street
Mears Ashby
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire
NN6 0DN
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 83850 66672
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Two-stepped octagonal base surmounted by a square plinth, tapering octagonal sectioned column and decorative Latin cross. Incised inscriptions on plinth.
- Inscription
- Side 1 : TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN / PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF THE / MEN OF MEARS ASHBY WHO / FOUGHT AND DIED FOR KING & / COUNTRY IN THE EUROPEAN / WAR 1914 - 1919 Side 2 : (5 NAMES) Side 3 : (5 NAMES) Side 4 : THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height c 16 feet
Materials: Stone - Clipsham
- Cross
- 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
- Costs
Memorial: c £200
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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