Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Mid Bedfordshire
- Town
- Meppershall
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1655
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Current location
ST MARY'S CHURCH
Church Road
Meppershall
Mid Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
SG17 5NA
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 13459 35896
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- FLORIATED CROSS ON SQUARE BASE. COMMEMORATION ON FRONT SIDE OF BASE,
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / MEPPERSHALL WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / (NAMES) / "THANKS BE TO GOD WHICH GIVETH US THE VICTORY"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ansell, Harry
Bland, Bertrand W
Bland, Francis J
Brice, Harry
Cakebread, William C
Cheshire, William
Clayton, John
King, Harry
Lawrence, Samuel
Lincoln, Edward
See details for all 18 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 18
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 6
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 710MM, height 4600MM, width 710MM
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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