Fowlmere War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 2015. War memorial.
Fowlmere War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- first-niche-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stone war memorial cross stands in the centre of the village at the junction of London Road and High Street. It takes the form of a foliate cross on top of a tapering square shaft which rises from a plinth on a two-stepped base. The lower part of the cross shaft carries the inscriptions:
(side one) TO/ THE GLORY OF/ GOD/ AND IN PIOUS MEMORY OF/ OUR FOWLMERE MEN/ (NAMES)/ WHO FELL IN BATTLE DURING THE/ GREAT WAR, 1914 - 1918/ HE THAT LOSETH THIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE SHALL FIND IT
(side two) TO/ THE GLORY OF/ GOD/ AND IN PIOUS MEMORY OF/ OUR FOWLMERE MEN/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)
(side three) TO/ THE GLORY OF/ GOD/ AND IN PIOUS MEMORY OF/ OUR FOWLMERE MEN/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
There are eleven names of those who died in the First World War, and two of men who died in the Second; in 2000 one further name was added.
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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