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Memorial details

Memorial type
Pillar / Column
District
South Cambridgeshire
Town
Newton
County
Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 14 November 1920
    Attended by: Lady Walston
  • Dedicated
    Date: 14 November 1920
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
3565

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Current location

Memorial Hall
Junction of Harston Road and Cambridge Road (B1368)
Newton
South Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
CB22 7PA
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 43787 49486
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Four sided column originally with flowing water from the tap at the front, and horse trough set beneath. The water no longer flows and the trough is now filled in and used as a flower bed. Inscription and names incised and picked out in black on all four sides of the column, and the front face of the trough.
Inscription
Face 1: TO THE UNCONQUERED/ DEAD/ (Names)/ "WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE"/ AND IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ Face 1 trough wall: TO THE MEMORY OF THE HORSES WHO HELPED OUR ARMIES TO VICTORY/ Face 2: THESE MEN SERVED/ (Names)/ Face 3: THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/ BY THE PEOPLE OF NEWTON/ IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO BY THE GRACE OF GOD/ GAVE THEIR LIVES. AND OF/ THOSE WHO SERVED. IN THE/ GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1919/ AT THE CALL OF THEIR/ COUNTRY FOR THE CAUSE/ OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND/ PEACE THROUGHOUT THE/ WORLD/ Face 4: THESE MEN SERVED/ (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Andrews, Charles T
Andrews, Ernest
Andrews, Ernest
Bareham, Reginald
Copley, John J. H.
Cornell, Alfred
Cornell, Frederick
Cornell, Peter C.
Day, James
Fuller, Albert F
See details for all 57 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename
    Order of information: Surname, forename
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 54
    Served and returned: 46
    Died: 8
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename
    Order of information: Surname, forename
Components
  • Column
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
History
Stonework cleaned and lettering high-lighted in 1991
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Cambridge Independent Press - Friday 19 November 1920, page 8

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