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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Chiltern
- Town
- Ashley Green
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 08 May 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8148
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Current location
St John's Church
Two Dells Lane/ Ashley Green Road
Ashley Green
Chiltern
Buckinghamshire
HP5 3PN
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 97652 05208
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Three stepped octagonal base surmounted by octagonal plinth, tapering shaft and latin cross. Inscription carved onto the sides of the plinth.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: To the/ GLORY OF GOD/ and in/ HONOURED/ MEMORY OF/ the MEN of/ THIS PARISH/ who fell in the/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919 4.30 and 7.30 faces: (Names) Around the base of the plinth: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE 12 o'clock face: 1939 - 1945/ (Nmes)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Busby, Colin
Chapman, Frederick
Clark, Frederick
Dell, Frank
Dell, James
Dwight, Henry
Foskett, Frederick
Gomm, Frederick
Gomm, Thomas
Green, Henry Russell Townsend
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: 0
Died: 21
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Cross
- Listing information
- Ashley Green 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
- Ashley Green
- WMO ID: 115171
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-01-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Buckinghamshire Remembers fp.underw.f9.co.uk/bucksrems/memorials.htm
- Bucks Examiner 14 May 1920
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