Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Mid Bedfordshire
- Town
- Flitwick
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: October 1920
Attended by: DUKE OF BEDFORD - Dedicated
Date: October 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1641
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Current location
Junction of Kings Road and Station Road
War Memorial
Kings Road
Flitwick
Mid Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
MK45 1DP
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 03490 34940
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Celtic cross on plinth with relief sword.
- Inscription
- (FACE OF PLINTH) IN GRATEFUL AND GLORIOUS MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO FOUGHT, AND OF THE FOLLOWING WHO / FELL IN THE GREAT W AR 1914-1918/ (NAMES) (TABLET IN FRONT OF PLINTH) ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL / IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, A C
Bagnall, Maurice
Bottoms, William G H
Briggs, C E
Briggs, E W
Caves, Bernard
Charlton, John
Clayton, Albert E
Cousins, James
Cranfield, G W
See details for all 43 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname ,rank, decorations
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 150MM, height 3420MM, width 800MM
Materials: Granite
- 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
- Flitwick
- WMO ID: 131715
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-07-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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