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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sculptured / Cast figure
- District
- Peterborough
- Town
- Peterborough
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr C. G. Hare of London (Architect)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 31/3/1920
Attended by: Bishop of Peterborough - Dedicated
Date: 31/3/1920
Attended by: Bishop of Peterborough - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 8474
Current location
It is in the west/north corner at the back of the nave.
St John The Baptist Church
Exchange Street (Cathedral Square)
Peterborough
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE1 1YD
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 19107 98649
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Gothic stone depiction of St George and the dragon beneath a canopy; his figure is flanked by two angled stone tablets bearing the engraved black-painted inscription.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS / PARISH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 /THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, N
Archer, C B
Baxter, A
Bayes, R J
Bemrose, H
Benton, J W
Berridge, R S
Biggin, W
Biggs, C
Birch, W
See details for all 93 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 93
Served and returned: 0
Died: 93
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials, surname and some ranks.
Order of information: Mainly alphabetically.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: depth 250mm, height 750mm, width 250mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Canopy
Measurements: depth 250mm, height 400mm, width 250mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: depth 65mm, height 830mm, width 1000mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone
- Figure
- Listing information
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
- Grade I
- 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
- Costs
Memorial: c£200
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Church of England
- Reference
- Peterborough and Hunts Standard, dated 3/4/1920, reported the unveiling.
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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