Memorial

Yaxley

Yaxley War Memorial

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Current Location

Access and parking in Waterslade Road, Yaxley Cemetery, Dovecote Lane, Yaxley, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3NE, England

TL 17417 91970

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Type of Memorial: Stone of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 394
Description: Rough hewn stone of remembrance mounted on a 3 step base and gravel bed with kerbstones. The whole is surrounded by concrete posts and chain fence. Face 1 has carved, crossed, British and French flags at the top, and the names in leaded lettering beneath. Face 3 is rough hewn and with a cut-out and a single name in leaded letters within, and Face 4 has the years of WW2 carved into the face and the names of those who died in leaded lettering beneath on a cut-out panel. Below Face 4 is a separate dedicatory stone tablet with incised dedication (See wmr 115265)
Inscription: Face 1: 1919/ TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO CHAMPIONED OUR CAUSE IN THE GREAT WAR/ AND FOR US MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE./ (Names)/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS”-/ Face 3: Cpl. Lee.M.Fitzsimmons Royal Marines/ 03.04.81 - 20.11.2007 (Iraq) Face 4: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/

War: Iraq (2003-2011)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Surname, forename, intials, rank, regiment date of birth, date of death

Unveiled

1920

Dr HS Cooper and Mr W Goodman