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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Huntingdon
- Town
- Sawtry
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26th May 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Dedicated
Date: 26th May 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 362
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Current location
All Saints Church
Church Causeway
Sawtry
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE28 5TD
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 17172 83943
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Cross set on a tapering shaft and decorative octagonal plinth.Around the plinth are slate tablets with the names.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF SAWTRY WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ "MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH/ THY SAINTS, IN GLORY EVERLASTING"/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, J R
Barrett, W
Bowland, G
Chapman, C P
Clark, A
Ginns, A
Ginns, G
Haynes, D B
Hodson, E
Hodson, W
See details for all 28 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 28
Served and returned: 0
Died: 28
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 1500MM, height 2000MM, width 1500MM
Materials: Stone - Weldon - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate
- 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
- Sawtry
- WMO ID: 196184
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 07-12-2017]
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- Costs
Memorial: £106
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Huntingdonshire Post 26th May 1921 Transcript on file
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