Memorial

Wellingborough Cenotaph

Wellingborough War Memorial

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Current Location

Roadside, south junction with A5193,, Broad Green, Wellingborough, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 4LQ, England

SP 88802 68132

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Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 14979
Description: Square sectioned stone plinth with platformed upper face, integrates with a square sectioned cenotaph with four corner columns & arched capstone. Gilded wreath and red rose with gilded "W" for Wellingborough, both on front face. Accessed by a wide stepped & paved area, a concave wall behind the cenotaph bears names on many incised stone tablets. The memorial forefront area is hard surfaced to the pavement exits & semi-enclosed by a small garden with ten stone boundary posts.
Inscription: 1914 REMEMBRANCE 1918 / (NAMES) / 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES) / IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN SUBSEQUENT CONFLICTS / KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1955 / (NAMES) / NORTHERN IRELAND/ ( NAME)