Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Cambridge
- Town
- Castle Camps
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8386
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Current location
Junction of High Street and Park Street
Main St
Castle Camps
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB21 4TT
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 63260 43218
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- market cross on a square plinth and single stepped base
- Inscription
- WEST FACE: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ & IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF CASTLE/ CAMPS WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914-1918 & 1939-1945/ (NAMES) NORTH FACE: (NAMES) EAST FACE: (NAMES) SOUTH FACE: (NAMES) On pinnacle: They loved not their lives unto the death
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Atherton, Eric
Barrett, Walter
Carter, Maurice
Cowell, Charles
Cowell, Clement
Cowell, Walter
Dockerill, Oliver
Dockrill, Walter
Egan, Frederick
Free, Alexander
See details for all 30 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname, year died
Order of information: year died - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: 0
Died: 27
Exact count: yes
Information shown: year died, forename, surname
Order of information: year died
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: depth 1050 mm, height 3000 mm, width 1050 mm
Materials: Stone
- Memorial
- Listing information
- 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
- CASTLE CAMPS
- WMO ID: 114936
- Condition: Good [last updated on 07-12-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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