Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Milton Keynes
- Town
- Bletchley
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Afghanistan (2001-2014)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 13 November 1920
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Buckingham
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8249
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Current location
junction of Church Green & Rickley Lane
Bletchley
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK3 6DJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 86253 33659
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Tapered Granite Obelisk with upper section carved into the relief of a cross, on a plinth and base, all in granite
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock: (Names) / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND TO THE ETERNAL MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / TO SAVE THEIR COUNTRY / AND PRESERVE LIBERTY IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / YE THAT LIVE ON / MID ENGLISH PASTURES GREEN / REMEMBER US, AND THINK / WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN (9 o'clock) (Names) 1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arber, Henry G
Ayres, Richard E
Baker, Donald
Brown, Frederick R
Caldwell, William
Calver, William
Catterall, John
Chadwick, Douglas G
Davis, Harry D
Day, Harry
See details for all 51 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 0
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, middle initial, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, middle initial, surname
Order of information: Undefined - Afghanistan (2001-2014)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, place of death, year of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height 3650mm
Materials: Granite
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- Old Bletchley 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
- Old Bletchley War Memorial
- WMO ID: 146759
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: £150
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Wolverton Express 19 November 1920
- North Bucks Times 14 February 1920 and 15 November 1920
- Bucks Advertiser & Aylesbury News 20 November 1920
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