Memorial

Marshfield - New Cenotaph

13034 Marshfield-New Cenotaph front

Source: Copyright Mike Guttridge

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Current Location

Marshfield Cenotaph, Market Square/High Street Junction, Marshfield, Gloucestershire, SN14 8LP, England

ST 78083 73714

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Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 13034
Description: MEMORIAL BUILT OF GREY GRANITE STONE BLOCKS DECREASING IN WIDTH AND HEIGHT FROM BASE TO TOP. COMBINED FORCES EMBLEM. LAUREL WREATH ON OPPOSITE FACES.
Inscription: THEIR NAME/ LIVETH/ FOR/ EVERMORE/ 1915/ (NAME) / 1916/ (NAMES)/ 1917/ (NAMES)/ 1918/ (NAMES)/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ IN 1993, THIS MONUMENT REPLACED THE ONE ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MEMORY OF/ MARSHFIELD MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918 AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 20
Died: 20
Information shown: surname, rank, year died, regiment, forenames, age of death, decorations

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 8
Died: 8
Information shown: surname, rank, year died, regiment, forename, age of death

Maintenance History: The original memorial was replaced in 1993: (Our ref. 7414)

1993

Cenotaph

Height: 3500MM

Width: 1000MM

Depth: 1000MM

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good