Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Aylesbury Vale
- Town
- Weston Turville
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8055
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Current location
On a green at the Junction of Worlds End Lane and School Lane.
Weston Turville War Memorial
Worlds End Lane
Weston Turville
Aylesbury Vale
Buckinghamshire
HP22 5QZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 85389 10571
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rough hewn Celtic cross on square base. Additional tablet for WW2. Surrounded by four posts holding a low chain.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock plinth face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 -1919. / (20 NAMES) / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN / LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." // 6 o'clock tablet; WORLD WAR 1939 -1945 / (7 NAMES) // 9 o'clock plinth face: (5x WW1 NAMES and 2x WW2 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename initials, surname, date of death
Order of information: Date of death; 2 of the dates in random order on 9 o'clock plinth face - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 25
Served and returned: 0
Died: 25
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename initials, surname, date of death
Order of information: Date of death; 5 of the dates in random order on 9 o'clock plinth face
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 3250 mm
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Listing information
- Weston Turville War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Weston Turville
- WMO ID: 115264
- Condition: Good [last updated on 07-08-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- January 1920 iron railing placed round memorial, but removed for scrap in 1939.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Bucks Herald 1920 an iron railing had been placed around the memorial
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