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    Memorial

    Leagrave, Limbury And Biscot

    Leagrave, Limbury and Biscot - obelisk

    Source: Copyright Jayne Maddox

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    Current Location

    Junction of Marsh Road and Memorial Road, Park, Marsh Road, Leagrave, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2AW, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 06619 23833

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    Type of Memorial
    Obelisk
    WMR Reference Number
    7583
    Description
    Obelisk on a stepped base
    Inscription
    LEST WE FORGET/ IN HONOUR/ OF THE MEN WHO WENT FORTH FROM/ LEAGRAVE, LINBURY AND BISCOT/ TO THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ AND IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE 55 MEN/ OF THESE PARISHES WHO CAME NOT BACK/ AND WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED/ YE WHO LIVE HERE BY MEAD AND WINDING LEA/ REMEMBER THOSE WHO KEPT THEIR COUNTRY FREE/ THEY DIED FOR RIGHT/ LET US WHO HERE REMAIN/ SO LIVE THAT THEY SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN/ (9 O'CLOCK )NAMES/ ( 12 O'CLOCK) NAMES/ ( 3 O'CLOCK) NAMES
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    55
    Died
    55
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Maker(s)
    • Mr Basil Deacon, Architect

    • Messers Giddings and Son, Builder

    Sponsor Type
    public
    Maintenance History
    cleaned 1990-1991

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    24 Jul y1921

    Lady Ludlow

    Dedicated

    24 July 1921

    Major the Rev A S Bishop APC RAF

    Custodian
    Luton Borough Council

    Components

    Obelisk

    Height: 3810 mm

    Width: 1260 mm


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    A detailed account of the unveiling was printed in the Luton Reporter on Tuesday 26 July 1921. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002208/19210726/078/0005
  • Further photos of the memorial, and biographies of those it commemorates, can be found at https://www.worldwar1luton.com/object/leagrave-war-memorial
  • https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253730/