
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Nottingham
- Town
- Lenton
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Church Street And Sherwin Road
Lenton
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG7 2FB
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 55290 39093
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- METAL CROSS WITH SUNBURST CARVING SURMOUNTS CORINTHIAN COLUMN OF PORTLAND STONE. COLUMN STANDS ON SQUARE-SET STONE BASE AND BEARS PLAQUES IN EACH SIDE WITH INSCRIPTION AND NAMES.
- Inscription
- On cross: TO THE GLORIOUS AND UNDYING MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF LENTON / WHOSE NAMES ARE HERETO AFFIXED WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTY'S HONOUR AND FREEDOM IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF LENTON 1919/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, W E
Allen, Leonard V
Allgood, A J
Allport, Lawrence
Allsop, Herbert
Andrews, James
Arrowsmith, S F
Attenborough, Harry
Attewell, Leslie G
Attewell, Neville O J
See details for all 287 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 287
Served and returned: 0
Died: 287
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 7500MM
Materials: Metal - Base
Measurements: height 2000MM, width 2000MM
Materials: Stone - Portland - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Cross
- Listing information
- Lenton War Memorial, adjacent to The Albert Ball Memorial Homes
- 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
- LENTON
- WMO ID: 122412
- Condition: Good [last updated on 20-08-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM2372 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=507
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