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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Newbury
- Town
- Sulhamstead
- County
- Berkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Faculty Granted
Date: 1920
Attended by: Unknown
- Faculty Granted
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 7785
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Current location
St Michaels Churchyard (Church demolished)
St Michaels Lane
Sulhamstead
Newbury
Berkshire
RG7 4DP
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 63892 68499
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic cross with a horizontally standing rectangular tablet with incised lettering standing behind it. The tablet contains three colums of names and commemorates those killed in the First World War.
- Inscription
- THE GREAT WAR - 1914 - 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE MEMORY OF / (Names) / SEE YE TO IT THAT THESE SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Belcher, G
Bonner, B
Cooper, H
Dering, G
Halcoop, C
Hill, W
Leake, G
Locke, S
Locke, W
Nash, L
See details for all 19 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 19
Served and returned: 0
Died: 19
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 20mm, height 3000mm, width 40mm
Materials: Stone - Plaque
Measurements: depth 300mm, height 1250mm, width 2000mm
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
- Sulhampstead
- WMO ID: 174503
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 23-10-2019]
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- History
- Church was demolished. Above parish councils became responsible for the maintenance of the churchyard which is still in use.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- St Mary's Sulhamstead and St Peter's Ufton Nervet Parish Parish county councils
- Reference
- Berkshire Record Office, DP 124 6/5/1, CPC 124/2/1
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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