
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Shrine
- District
- Mid Bedfordshire
- Town
- Clifton
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Afghanistan (2001-2014)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 19th March 1922
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Dedicated
Date: 19th March 1922
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1884
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Current location
Church Street/ Grange Street
Clifton
Mid Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
SG17 5ES
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 16481 38979
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Tablet on the site of a former well and village pump.
- Inscription
- IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH . WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS / 1914-1918 / (Names) / TO OUR / FALLEN COMRADES / WHO DIED FOR OTHERS / FROM THE EX-SERVICEMAN / 1939-1945 New tablet: IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)/ OTHER CONFLICTS/ 2004/(Name)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armour, F
Arnold, F
Arnold, W
Baldock, A
Bland, C
Bland, H
Burnage, W
Cockcroft, Reginald
Cockcroft, R V
Cooper, J
See details for all 39 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 30
Served and returned: 0
Died: 30
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Surname - Afghanistan (2001-2014)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname,year died
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Shrine
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Shrine
- Listing information
- WELL HEAD AND WAR MEMORIAL AT JUNCTION WITH GRANGE STREET
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Clifton Water Well War Memorial
- WMO ID: 120661
- Condition: Good [last updated on 30-03-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Tablet replaced, perhaps to accommodate casualty from Afghanistan in 2004. Location of original is unknown
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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