Little Barford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 2023. War memorial.
Little Barford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- standing-shingle-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 2023
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: Portland stone.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial sits in the north-east part of the churchyard of the parish Church of St Denys, close to the entrance. It takes the form of a cross fleury with a roundel at the centre and raised decorative bands on both faces which is mounted on a short tapering shaft on a square-plan plinth of two tiers set on a base.
There are inscriptions on the north-east face of the base and both tiers of the plinth. On the upper tier is inscribed ‘IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919.’ Below this are inscribed the names of seven men who lost their lives in the First World War and on the base is inscribed ‘LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND, WE FOR ENGLAND DIED’.
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