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Memorial details

Memorial type
Stone of remembrance
District
Huntingdon
Town
Buckden
County
Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
177

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Current location

The Towers
High Street
Buckden
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE19 5TL
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 19154 67706
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Rough hewn stone of remembrance set on a square pyramidal base with the inscription in leaded lettering. Attached to the fence behind the stone is a blue metal plaque detailing the names of the men on the memorial.
Inscription
Memorial stone: A MEMORIAL OF PEACE/ AND OF HONOUR TO ALL THOSE/ PARISHIONERS WHO SERVED IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919./ THIS SITE WAS GIVEN BY/ J. G. GREEN ESQ J.P./ IN MEMORY OF HIS TWO SONS/ CAPT J. L. GREEN. V.C. AND/ LIEUT A. GREEN./ Memorial plaque: THE GREEN MEMORIAL/ SECOND-LIEUTENANT ALAN GREEN of the 1/5th South Staffords was killed on 13th/ October 1915 during the 46th Division's assault on the Hohenzollern Redoubt near Loos-en-/ Gohelle, Belgium. The Division lost 180 officers and 3,583 men in the first 10 minutes of battle./ His brother, CAPTAIN JOHN GREEN, RAMC, Medical Officer to the 1/5th Sherwood/ Foresters, was awarded a posthumous VC for his conspicuous devotion to duty during the/ morning of 1st July 1916 - the first day of the Battle of the Somme./ Approaching the enemy lines he found a badly wounded fellow officer caught up in the wire/ and suffering greatly. Although himself injured, he managed to free the man and drag him to a/ nearby shell-hole. Here he dressed his wounds while under almost constant attack from bombs/ and rifle grenades. He then sought to get his colleague back across No Man's Land to safety./ They had almost succeeded when the wounded man was hit again. John Green stopped to help/ him, only to be hit and killed instantly. His body was not recovered until the following spring./ At the time of his death he was 26 years old and had been married for six months-to the day./ This memorial stands on land that belonged to Coneygarths, the home of the Green family for/ several generations.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Green, A
Green, J. L.
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Surname, forenames, rank, regiment, date of death, place of death, how died, relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth c2mm, height c300mm, width c400mm
    Materials: Metal
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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