Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- East Cambridgeshire
- Town
- Littleport
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3444
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Current location
30
Opposite St George's Church
Church Lane
Littleport
East Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
CB6 1PS
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 56603 86898
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Town Hall (now Village Library)
Littleport
East Cambridgeshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Town Hall (now Village Library)
- Description
- Simple stone and brick memorial in churchyard mounts a plaque which appears to have once been inside the church. The plaque states that the church clock and chimes were dedicated in memory of those killed during WW1.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF LITTLEPORT MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918 THE NEW CHURCH CLOCK/ WITH CHIMES WAS ERECTED BY/ VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES) WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ash, S G
Bacon, H
Baker, H
Bell, P A
Benton, A
Bidwell, J
Blunt, E C
Bowers, E
Bowers, M
Brooks, C
See details for all 157 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 124
Served and returned: 0
Died: 124
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initial
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 33
Served and returned: 0
Died: 33
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Clock
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Clock
- 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
- Littleport
- WMO ID: 201000
- Condition: Good [last updated on 17-01-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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