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    Memorial

    Chatteris Town WW1 And WW2

    Source: Copyright Terry Hissey

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    Current Location

    St Peter St Pauls Church, Market Hill B1050, Chatteris, Fenland, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6BB, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 39409 86051

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    © WMR-3511

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    3511
    Description
    Lantern Cross on an octagonal shaft, plinth and base. Framed by a wall at the rear inscribed with names in black lettering. St George, St Michael, the Vine and the Rose appear around faces of canopy head.
    Inscription
    Front Face: TO THE UNDYING MEMORY / OF THE CHATTERIS MEN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WARS / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 Rear Face: LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND / WE FOR ENGLAND DIED Base step: GOD GAVE THEM A GREAT THING TO DO AND THEY DID IT/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEBER THEM Rear Wall: (Names) (Names) (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    158
    Died
    158
    Information shown
    surname,rank
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    38
    Died
    38
    Information shown
    surname
    Order of names
    surname
    Maker(s)
    • MESSRS A ROBINSON & SON, Sculptor

    • MESSRS STREATHER AND WINN, Builder

    • W SAMUEL WEATHERLEY FRIBA, Architect

    Sponsor Type
    public

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    1st October 1920

    Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (and Isle of Ely) C.E.W. Adeane

    Custodian
    FENLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 6850MM

    Width: 5485MM

    Depth: 5485MM


    Made from: Stone - Clipsham


    Condition: Good


    Pillar

    Made from: Stone - Hopton Wood


    Condition: Good


    • Family Tree Magazine - September 2003 - Skeels family name in Chatteris
    • Cambridge Times - 8 October 1920