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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- South Bucks
- Town
- Denham
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 5 October 1919
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Buckingham - Dedicated
Date: 5 October 1919
Attended by: Unknown - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8263
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Current location
Located in churchyard just off the path leading to church from Village Rd
St Mary the Virgin Church
Village Road
Denham
South Bucks
Buckinghamshire
UB9 5BH
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 04278 86985
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Fleury cross set atop a tapering shaft, octagonal plinth and base, and three steps. Inscriptions inscribed on tablets set into all faces of base.
- Inscription
- Front face: THIS MONUMENT/ IS ERECTED BY/ THE INHABITANTS/ OF DENHAM TO/ THE ETERNAL/ MEMORY OF THEIR/ GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR KING/ AND COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD Face Two: (Names)/ FOR FREEDOM/ (Names) Face Three to Seven: (Names) Face Eight: (Names)/ THEY DIED/ (Names) Note that names of each face have a line separating and denoting those who died in the First and Second World Wars, the top pertaining to the former and bottom to the latter.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aymer, J E
Bailey, J W
Bailey, R B
Ball, F C
Barrett, A
Barrett, J
Bond, C
Bond, E
Brondson, H
Brownrigg, H J S
See details for all 55 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 42
Served and returned: 0
Died: 42
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: 0
Died: 27
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Cross
Measurements: height 4570 mm
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Tablets
- 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
- DENHAM
- WMO ID: 115057
- Condition: Good [last updated on 19-05-2020]
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- Costs
Site: £400
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Parish Council
- Reference
- Middlesex and Bucks Advertiser, 27 June 1919 and 10 October 1919
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