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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Bedfordshire
- Town
- Kensworth
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1654
Current location
ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH
Kensworth
South Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 03113 1904
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- OAK BOARD, CARVED IN RELIEF. NAMES CARVED ONTO CROSS WHICH IS IN RELIEF AND IS SURMOUNTED BY A CROWN
- Inscription
- GLORY BE TO GOD ON HIGH / (NAMES) / IN MEMORY OF KENSWORTH MEN / WHO FOUGHT AND DIED IN / 1914 (SWORD) THE GREAT WAR (SWORD) 1919
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Collier, G
Collier, L
Cutler, S
Dickens, M
Durrant, A
Flitton, G
Keys, S
Miller, H
Moulster, C
Moulster, H
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 17
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 1740MM, width 980MM
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- P. C. C.
- Reference
- Beds County Record Office: Faculty dated 2-7 -1920 for a carved oak board with 18 men who died and 65 who served. The board to be 5" 6" high by 3 " 6" wide. There are 17 names on the memorial).
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