Memorial

Buckden

Buckden Cross, memorial stones and V.C. tablet

Source: Copyright Colin Murray

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Current Location

St Mary's Churchyard, Church Street, Buckden, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE19 5TL, England

TL 19253 67618

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 172
Description: A Celtic cross, with a sword in relief on face 1, rising from a tapered block and square base. Dedication and names in two columns in leaded lettering on face 1 of the plinth. Either side of the cross are free-standing capped blocks with the names of those who fell in WW2, incised and picked out in black. On the path leading to the cross is a single memorial slab with an incised inscription to a VC recipient.
Inscription: Cross face 1: IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE/ BUCKDEN MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (Names)/ Left block: AND OF THOSE WHO FELL/ (Names) Right Block: IN THE WAR 1939-1945/ (Names) Path Tablet: (V.C. image)/ CAPTAIN/ (Name)

Cross

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good