High Wycombe- cross

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Cross
District: Wycombe
Town: High Wycombe
County: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 71942

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Current location

in the garden near All Saints Church
Castle Street
High Wycombe
Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP13 6RZ
England

OS Grid Ref: SU865931
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

A latin cross on the top of a column standing on a plinth. At the bottom there are three broad steps with two inscriptions on tablets with engraved, black lettering.

Inscription

THE HOSPITAL ON/ THE MARLOW HILL WAS BUILT/ AND THIS CROSS WAS RAISED/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS TOWN/ AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO/ GAVE THIER LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918.

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Undefined
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
Column
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone

Listing information

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Condition

High Wycombe
WMO ID: 227891
Condition: Good [last updated on 09-05-2019]
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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Public

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