Haddenham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 2017. War memorial.
Haddenham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- vacant-chalk-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
War memorial, 1921.
MATERIALS: Portland stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial, which is 14 feet high in total, takes the form of an obelisk on a tall square plinth, raised on a single step. The apex of the obelisk is surmounted by a ball finial carved with acanthus leaves, between which are the thistle, shamrock and rose. The base has corner pilasters, framing the inscribed panels. On the N face of the obelisk is carved a laurel wreath, with the words ‘OUR GLORIOUS DEAD’ and ‘THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE’. On the plinth are the words: ‘IN/ HONOUR/ AND/ UNDYING MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ OF/ 1914- 1918/ AND/ 1939 -1945’. The names are then recorded, with the regiments to which the men belonged.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 6 June 2017.
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