
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Corby
- Town
- Gretton
- County
- Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 15104
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Current location
Village Green area between High Street & Station Road junction,
High Street
Gretton
Corby
Northamptonshire
NN17 3DE
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 89926 94390
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Two-stepped base surmounted by a square sectioned plinth, two-stage square sectioned pillar, slightly tapering at upper stage, moulded-edge platform top, capstone & orb. Incised inscription panel on front face of plinth. Memorial integrated & set centrally within a west facing concave wall. Slate tablets mounted on inner face of wall, incised with names of returned servicemen & the fallen. Coping stones mounted on top of walls.
- Inscription
- Inscription 1 : TO KEEP IN MIND / THOSE FROM THIS PLACE / WHO FELL & ALSO / THOSE WHO SERVED / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 Inscription 2 : AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN / AND IN THE MORNING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM / 1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Doherty, Joseph
Lattimer, Cyril
Leighton, Albert Stanley James
Palmer, William Reginald
Thomas, Dudley Clifton
See details for all 5 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 107
Served and returned: 72
Died: 35
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaques / Panels with names
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES NORTH OF NUMBER 30
- 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
- Gretton Cenotaph,
- WMO ID: 197944
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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