Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- North Wiltshire
- Town
- Calne
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1921
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 23923
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Current location
ST MARYS CHURCH
Church St
Calne
North Wiltshire
Wiltshire
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 99870 70883
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Cross of Sacrifice on two-stepped plinth and two-stepped base.
- Inscription
- TOP LEVEL OF BASE: IN GRATEFUL / AND / ABIDING REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN / WHO WENT FROM THE / PARISH OF CALNE / TO THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / AND GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE CAUSE OF / FREEDOM AND RIGHT / (NAMES) BOTTOM LEVEL OF BASE: ALSO / IN MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WAR OF / 1939-1945 / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Andrews, E
Andrews, H
Andrews, J
Angell, A E
Angell, A J
Angell, E
Angell, F
Angell, F E G
Angell, P H
Angell, W
See details for all 132 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 132
Served and returned: 0
Died: 132
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 43
Served and returned: 0
Died: 43
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Calne War Memorial
- 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
- Calne
- WMO ID: 100204
- Condition: Good [last updated on 12-06-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Cross in the style of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cross of Sacrifice.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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