War Memorial At Elstow Lower School

ELSTOW

179/0/10008 HIGH STREET 19-AUG-03 War Memorial at Elstow Lower School

GV II War Memorial. 1919, with the names of the Second World War II War dead in 1945. G. Carroll, Craftsman. Granite. 3-tiered stepped base with chamfered edges with a truncated square plan column capped with an overhanging capital pedimented to each face above cyma reversa moulding. To west face of column, lead lettering reads: 'IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THESE MEN OF ELSTOW WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO PRESERVE OUR LIBERTIES IN THE GREAT WARS 1914-1918 (NAMES) 1939-1945 (NAMES) ERECTED BY THE PARISHONERS'. HISTORY: Commemorated 20 Nov 1919 by Mr. S. Howard Whitbread CB JP. SOURCES: Bedfordshire Times & Independent, 21 Nov 1919. UK National Inventory of War Memorials No. 1935. Group Value with Elstow Lower School (q.v.)

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