Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Wall
- District
- North Bedfordshire
- Town
- Renhold
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 22nd August 1920
Attended by: MR CECIL POLHILL - Rededicated
Date: 1955
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Dedicated
Date: 22nd August 1920
Attended by: REV W. BREED - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1770
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Current location
Roadside Village Centre
Memorial Garden
Church End
Renhold
North Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
MK41 0LU
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 08729 52785
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Village School
Renhold
North Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 095 526
Denomination: Undefined
- Village School
- Description
- Sicilian white marble tablet with raised lead lettering set into a red brick wall with stone surround. Stone shelf below the marble.
- Inscription
- THE / GREAT EUROPEAN WAR / 1914 - 1919 / THE FOLLOWING RENHOLD MEN LOST / THEIR LIVES IN THEIR COUNTRY'S SERVICE / (NAMES) / 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, E
Conquest, N
Constant, W
Cox, A
Cox, W
Curtis, W
Duncombe, A
Harlow, A
Harlow, V B
Harrison, F
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, initials
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Wall
Measurements: height 2070MM, width 2930MM
Materials: Brick - Tablet
Measurements: height 880MM, width 770MM
Materials: Marble - Sicilian
- Wall
- 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
- Renhold
- WMO ID: 167582
- Condition: Good [last updated on 14-03-2014]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1993: Parish council were going to invite tenders for cleaning and renovating
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Parish Council
- Reference
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