War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 2003. War memorial.
War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- upper-ledge-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 2003
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TURVEY
1869/0/10013 War Memorial 06-AUG-03
GV II War Memorial. Dedicated 1919 with names added after Second World War. Granite. Square base surmounted by three stepped plinth on which raised lead lettering: 'THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE / THIS CROSS IS ERECTED TO THE HONOURED / AND UNDYING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WARS / AD 1914-1918 / AD 1939-1945' and the names of the dead. Above this, tapered shaft of rectangular plan with scrolled foliate design carved in relief to face, capped with wheel cross with knotwork pattern to face. SOURCES: UK National Inventory of War Memorials (Ref. 1833). Bedfordshire Time and Independent, 2 Jan 1920.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 16 January 2017.
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