Memorial

Wisbech

Wisbech War memorial right oblique

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Current Location

Junction of York Row and Union Place, Castle Square, Wisbech, Fenland, Cambridgeshire, PE13 1HB, England

OS Grid Reference

TF 46158 09594

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 3473
Description: Celtic cross with relief design of serpents on plinth, three steps and set in a paved semicircular roadside area, a rough hewn stone wall forms a semicircle around the the back of the cross. The World War 1 names are on all four sides of the plinth, and the World War two names are on two tablets either side of the inscription on the back wall. All names and inscriptions are incised and picked out in black.
Inscription: Plinth Face 1: TO THE UNDYING/ MEMORY OF/ ALL WISBECH MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR US IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (Names) Plinth Face 2: AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ (Names) Plinth Face 3: LIVE THOUGH FOR ENGLAND, WE FOR ENGLAND DIED./ (Names) Plinth Face 4: GOD GAVE THEM A GREAT THING TO DO/ AND THEY DID IT - TE DEUM LAUDAMUS/ (Names) Rear wall: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 281
Died: 281
Information shown: Surname, forename, initials
Order of names: Surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 172
Died: 172
Information shown: Surname, initials
Order of names: Surname

History

Maker(s): Messrs W & A V Davis of Wisbech, Manufacturer

Ceremonies

Unveiled

24 July 1921

General Lord Horne of Stirkoke GCB KCMG ADC

Dedicated

24 July 1921

Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Conservation

Custodian: Fenland District Council

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Wisbech

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