Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- South Cambridgeshire
- Town
- Wimpole
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: Circa 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Rededicated
Date: 1947
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 875
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Current location
West end of the Old Cambridge Road at it's junction with Ermine Street.
141A Cambridge Road
Wimpole
South Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
SG8 5QB
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 33306 48707
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- CROSS WITH INSCRIPTION IN LEAD LETTERING
- Inscription
- CROSS: IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF WIMPOLE AND ARRINGTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES) FLOWER HOLDER: WIMPOLE/ AND/ ARRINGTON/ WAR MEMORIAL
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Agar-robaetes, The Honourable T G R
Clarke, E G
Collin, H
Ingrey, H
Ingrey, W
Matthews, D
Neaves, J W
Pell, A H
Pratt, C
Reynonds, A J
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: surname,rank,regiment - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: surname,rank,regiment
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Listing information
- Wimpole and Arrington 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
- WIMPOLE AND ARRINGTON
- WMO ID: 135455
- Condition: Good [last updated on 06-03-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1947: Paving and low retaining wall added.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Wimpole Parish Council; Arrington Parish Council contribute to maintainance financially.
- Reference
- Arrington Parish Council www.arrington.org.uk/MEMORIAL.ASP
- War Memorials Trust WM2347 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=542
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