Memorial

Little Wilbraham

Source: John Bastock

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Current Location

St. John the Evangelist Church, Rectory Farm Road, Little Wilbraham, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, CB21 5LB, England

TL 54568 58600

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 46579
Description: Wall and corbel mounted, black Belgium marble backboard supporting a white Sicilian marble tablet. Immediately below the tablet is an additional linear tablet bearing the names of WW2 Fallen. Incised inscriptions and names infilled with black paint.
Inscription: IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN / FROM THIS PARISH WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE / SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR. / 1914 - 1919. / (17 NAMES) / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. / 1939 - 45 / (2 NAMES)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 17
Died: 17
Information shown: Surname, forename, regiment, manner of death, date of death
Order of names: Surname

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

Unveiled

May 1920

Mrs. Stokes; Rector Rev. Dr. Stokes; Churchwardens, Parishioners; Relatives and friends of the Fallen;

Tablet

Made from: Marble - Sicilian

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Marble - Black

Condition: Good