Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Peterborough
- Town
- Eye
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 4th April 1920
Attended by: Marquis of Exeter
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8431
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Current location
Eye Cemetery
Crowland Road
Eye
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE6 7TN
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 22929 02987
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A Celtic wheel-cross on a tapering octagonal pillar, which rests on a four-sided plinth bearing the engraved names of the World War 1 casualties. The plinth stands on an ornately carved hexagonal base, which bears the dedication regarding World War 1 casualties plus the dedication and names of World War 2 casualties. That base stands on a hexagonal concrete foundation.
- Inscription
- Plinth face 1: (Names)/ Plinth face 2: (Names)/ Plinth face 3: (Names)/ Plinth face 4: (Names)/ Base face 1: IN EVERLIVING MEMORY OF/ THE ABOVE FROM THIS PARISH / WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919/ Base face 2: BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH/ AND/ I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE/ Base face 3: (Names)/ Base face 4: (Names)/ Base face 5: 1939 1945/ Base face 6: ERECTED BY/ THE PARISHIONERS OF EYE/-1919-
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, J T
Atkinson, A
Beeby, A
Beeby, P
Boggust, A H
Briers, H
Briers, T
Briers, W
Broughton, A R
Broughton, F
See details for all 55 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 41
Served and returned: 0
Died: 41
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials, Rank, year of death
Order of information: Chronologically in order of date of death
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: depth 570mm, height 450mm, width 570mm
Materials: Granite - Plinth
Measurements: depth 1100mm, height 270mm, width 1100mm
Materials: Granite - Paving
Measurements: depth 3500mm, width 3500mm
Materials: Concrete - Base
Measurements: depth 2000mm, height 300mm, width 2000mm
Materials: Granite - Pillar
Measurements: depth 450mm, height 2440mm, width 450mm
Materials: Undefined
- Plinth
- Listing information
- Eye 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
- Eye Village War Memorial
- WMO ID: 158356
- Condition: Good [last updated on 08-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Comments: funded by collections in the church.
Memorial: £245- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Peterborough Advertiser 10/04/1920: reported the unveiling.
- Carter Postcard Collection
- The Souvenir Book of Eye- by Reverend Lawrence P. Field M.A., issued by the Eye Patriotic Association in 1920: information regarding the memorial, and a photograph of it when it was unveiled.
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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