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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Newbury
- Town
- Upper Basildon
- County
- Berkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 4 June 1932
Attended by: Bishop of Oxford - Unveiled
Date: 4 June 1932
Attended by: Bishop of Oxford - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9105
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Current location
St Stephen's Church
Pangbourne Road
Upper Basildon
Newbury
Berkshire
RG8 8LS
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 60060 75956
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Iron Church
Basildon Church
Junction Of Bethesda Street And Blandy's Lane
Upper Basildon
Newbury
Berkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 595 771
Denomination: Undefined
- Iron Church
- Description
- Stone tablets mortared into a rectangular block.
- Inscription
- Pediment: IN MEMORY / OF THESE / MEN OF BASILDON / 1914-1919 / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS Centre three panels: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adnams, William
Boseley, Jack
Burkitt, Edmund Francis
Cresswell, Arthur
Cresswell, Frederick
Cresswell, Laurence
Edmund, Edmonds
Evans, Victor
Eves, William Donald
Fisher, Albert
See details for all 39 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, initials, surname
Order of information: Listed alphabetical by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname
Order of information: Listed alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Stone of remembrance
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Upper Basildon stone of remembrance
- WMO ID: 157992
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-12-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2011: Inscription has been transferred on to new granite panels. All names are now on the 6 o'clock face.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- The Times - 28 June 1940 - Obituaries - Mr. Valentine Harding - 1905-1940
- Lest We Forget - Basildon's Fallen: The History of Basildon's War Memorial by Clive Williams 7-8 Published:Blenheim Colour Ltd 2006 Oxfordshire
- www.dulwichsociety.com/newsletters/38-summer-2007/293-valentine-harding
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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