Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- East Cambridgeshire
- Town
- Soham
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 23 January 1921
Attended by: Major-General S.W. Hare
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3457
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Current location
Red Lion Square
Soham
East Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
CB7 5HE
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 59442 72960
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Soldier resting on arms reversed surmounting large ,stepped stone plinth. Names in columns on each side of plinth. Two-stepped base. Names of two women from WW2 placed first.
- Inscription
- FOR VALOUR/ BE THOU/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH/ AND I SHALL GIVE THEE/ A CROWN OF LIFE/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SOHAM WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ LIBERTY AND JUSTICE IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-19/ (Names)/ GREATER LOVE HATH/ NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS FRIENDS/1939-1945/(Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, F
Ames, Hv
Ashton, N
Aspland, B W
Attlesey, Cjp
Attlesey, J W
Audus, C
Audus, S
Aveley, R
Badcock, C
See details for all 140 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 128
Served and returned: 0
Died: 128
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 42
Served and returned: 0
Died: 42
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,additional
Order of information: additional
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plinth
- Listing information
- 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
- Soham War Memorial
- WMO ID: 119192
- Condition: Good [last updated on 29-01-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Grade II listed 17 November 1983
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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