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    Memorial

    Lowdham - WW1 and WW2

    Lowdham War Memorial

    Source: Copyright Andy Wass

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    Current Location

    On triangular village green, corner of Station and Nottingham Roads Near junction of A6097 and A612., Garden of Remembrance, Station Road, Lowdham, Newark And Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, NG14 7AA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SK 67120 46187

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    Type of Memorial
    Obelisk
    WMR Reference Number
    27230
    Description
    Square base surmounted by a square plinth and obelisk. Names on a new black stone tablet placed in front of the plinth. Original inscription still on other faces. Also brass tablet in church was unveiled during the service that preceded unveiling the cenotaph.
    Inscription
    WEST FACE: A.D./ 1914/ OUR/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES) NORTH AND SOUTH FACES: (NAMES) EAST FACE: OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    62
    Died
    62
    Information shown
    surname,rank
    Order of names
    rank,surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    5
    Died
    5
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname

    Components

    Obelisk

    Height: 6000MM


    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    Tablet

    Made from: Marble - Black


    Condition: Good


    • Nottingham Journal - Thursday 14 April 1921 LOWDHAM'S MEMORIAL Bishop of Southwell on War's Sacrifice and Trade Crisis
    • Newark Herald - Saturday 16 April 1921 BISHOP OF SOUTHWELL'S APPEAL AT LOWDHAM. We Want Calmness. War Memorial Unveiled.
    • Nottinghamshire Family History Society Vol 78, p17, 1990 Record Series, Monumental Inscriptions, for this memorial and a list of names as recorded is attached.