Memorial

Burwell

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Current Location

next to the car park of the Ex-Servicemen's Club, Memorial House (Nurse's Home), The Causeway, Burwell, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0DU, England

OS Grid Reference

TL 58858 66752

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Memorial homes / Alms houses
WMR Reference Number: 3572
Description: House with tablets mounted on one side, with two small walls in right angle. There are seven tablets, incised and with decorative tiles inset. Lettering is painted black. A stone planter runs along the wall below the memorial. There is a cross in brick built in to the gable end above the memorial.
Inscription: Central tablets: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO DIED FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ THIS COTTAGE WAS ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF BURWELL/ (Names) Left and right tablets: 1939 - 1945/ (Names) Far left tablet: POST SCRIPTUM/ 1914-1918/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Name)/ CIVILIAN KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION/ (Name) Far right tablet: DIED WHILE SERVING/ THEIR COUNTRY/ KOREA/ (Name)/ B.A.O.R./ (Name)/ RAF/ (Name)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 72
Died: 72
Information shown: Surname, rank
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname
Additional Information: Four names were added after the memorial was built.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 25
Died: 25
Information shown: Surname, rank
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname
Additional Information: One name was added after the memorial was built

War: Second World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Surname

War: Korean War (1950-1953)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Surname, rank, year died

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 2
Died

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