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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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

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)

Commemoration

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

Conservation

Components

Obelisk

Height: 6000MM

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Marble - Black

Condition: Good

Further Information

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.