Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- South Cambridgeshire
- Town
- Meldreth
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 1 February 1920
Attended by: The Vicar and Rev William Davies, Congregationlist Minister and Rev William Walker, Wesleyan Minister
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3566
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Current location
Junction of Whitecroft Road
Station Road & High Street
High St
Meldreth
South Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
SG8 6JU
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 37617 45457
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Plainly worked Celtic Style wheel cross on three tier plinth. Inscription on front face of shaft of the Cross and on two sides of plinth
- Inscription
- (Front Face) TO/ THE/ MEMORY/ OF/ THE/ MEN/ OF/ THIS/ VILLAGE/ WHO/ FELL IN/ THE/ GREAT/ WAR/ 1914/ 1919/ (Names)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" (Reverse Face) AND ALSO OF THOSE WHO/ FELL IN WORLD WAR OF/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abrey, Ernest
Chamberlan, Sidney
Dash, Reuben
East, Jabez
Farnham, Ralph
Fielding, Nelson
Flack, Harry
Fuller, John
Harrup, Wilfred
Howard, Jr
See details for all 19 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 3100MM, width 1350MM
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- History
- THE BALANCE OF THE WAR MEMORIAL FUND, £4 4S 0D, WAS HANDED OVER TO THE PARISH COUNCIL BY THE WAR MEMROIAL COMMITTEE SO THAT IT COULD BE USED FOR THE UPKEEP AND ANY REPAIRS NEEDED ON THE MEMORIAL.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- PARISH COUNCIL
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Record of Church Services, Meldreth, 1920
- Minutes, Meldreth Parish Council 1925 and 2000
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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