Memorial

Harston

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Current Location

Junction of Royston Road (A10) and Station Road, Royston Road (A10), Harston, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7PU, England

OS Grid Reference

TL 42435 50751

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 46558
Description: Two stepped base surmounted by a square plinth, tapered shaft and latin cross with attached wreath. Incised inscription on all 4 sides of the plinth and on faces 1 and 2 of the shaft base.
Inscription: Face 1 shaft base: 1939 - 1945/ IN MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ Face 1 plinth: THIS MEMORIAL/ COMMEMORATES THOSE WHO GAVE/ UP THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ THE GREAT WAR/ 4 AUG 1914 TO 11 NOV 1918/ Face 2 shaft base: 2016: 1914-18/ (Names) Face 2 plinth/ (Names) Face 3 plinth: ERECTED/ BY THE PARISHIONERS OF/ HARSTON/ MARCH 1920 Face 4: (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 15
Died: 15
Information shown: Surname, initials, rank, regiment

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment
Order of names: Surname

History

Maker(s): Messrs Rattee and Kett Ltd., Mason
Sir W.Graham Greene, Designer
Clement Jude, Builder
Sponsor Type: public

Ceremonies

Dedicated

4th April 1920

Rev. Canon E. C. Baldwin (Vicar)

Conservation

Components

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

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