Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Leominster
- Town
- Bodenham
- County
- Hereford And Worcester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 19th March 1921
Attended by: Major-General Sir Elliott Wood, K.C.B. - Dedicated
Date: 19th March 1921
Attended by: Bishop of Hereford (Dr. M. Linton Smith, D.S.O.) - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 32469
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Current location
St Michael's Church
Bodenham
Leominster
Hereford And Worcester
HR1 3JU
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 52983 50842
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Small stone Herefordshire Cross topping a tapering octagonal shaft. This stands on a squat plinth on 4 step square base. The inscription is incised on to the plinth.
- Inscription
- THIS CROSS IS DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/BODENHAM WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US IN THE/GREAT WAR 1914-1919/LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT/THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Billings, Charles J
Billings, William H
Bounds, George T
Davies, John W
Gravenor, Harry
Holt, James
Holt, John
Lawrence, George
Lewis, Albert
Lewis, Arthur
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, initial, surname
Order of information: surname, forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 17 ft 6 in
Materials: Stone - Hollington (mottled)
- Cross
- Listing information
- Bodenham 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
- Bodenham WM
- WMO ID: 164297
- Condition: Good [last updated on 26-06-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Kington Times - Saturday 26 March 1921 BODENHAM WAR MEMORIAL WAYSIDE CROSS UNVEILED BY SIR ELLIOTT WOOD. DEDICATION AND ADDRESS BY RGE BISHOP.
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