Memorial

Mepal

Mepal War Memorial

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Current Location

Roadside,, Mepal War Memorial, High Street, Mepal, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2AW, England

TL 44184 80817

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 3445
Description: Square foundation platform supporting a three-stepped square base surmounted by a low profile plinth and tapering rectangular sectioned pillar with a decorative cross. Pinned lead inscription lettering. On one of the rear step faces is a panel describing the restoration of the memorial in 2005. The whole memorial is enclosed by a band of paving stones with an access path from the road.
Inscription: 6 o'clock faces : 1914 - 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO / THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO / FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / (13 NAMES) 9 o'clock face : GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS 3 o'clock faces : 1939 - 1945 / (6 NAMES) 12 o'clock face (panel) : THIS MEMORIAL WAS RESTORED IN 2005 BY / BY LOCAL PEOPLE TO MARK THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY / OF THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 6
Died: 6
Information shown: Forename initials, surname
Order of names: Alphabetical by surname
Additional Information: (except one name out of sequence placed at top of list)

Maker(s): Messrs. W. T. Doe and Son of Soham, Builder
Maintenance History: 2005 : Memorial restored by local people to mark the 60th. Anniversary of the end of WW2.

Unveiled

8th October 1922

Mr A. S. Corbett of Wellington, Shropshire (Captain Colin Coote D.S.O., M.P. had planned to unveil but could not make it in time)