Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Peterborough
- Town
- Newborough
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8433
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Current location
Parish Church
Gunton's Road
Newborough
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE6 7QZ
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 20360 06002
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Bold plain cross with painted wreath fixed to front face.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF NEWBOROUGH AND BOROUGH FEN HEROES WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE WAR 1914 - 1918 / (Names)/ 1939 - 1945 / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barlow, Harry
Barlow, Horace
Barnes, Fredk W
Barnes, John
Barnes, Thomas H
Cave, Robert
Dyson, Albert
Hillson, John
Hopkins, David H
Jeffries, Henry
See details for all 25 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, middle initial, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 25
Served and returned: 0
Died: 25
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 2000mm, height 4000mm, width 2000mm
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Newborough 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
- Newborough and Borough Fen
- WMO ID: 270070
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 05-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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