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    Memorial

    Totternhoe

    Totternhoe

    Source: Copyright Chris Lowe

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    Current Location

    St Giles Church, Church Road, Totternhoe, South Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, LU6 1RJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 98830 20881

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    7742
    Description
    Celtic type cross (knights cross with ring) mounted on a small plinth, on paved surround. Relief of an SMLE rifle, reversed, on front face.
    Inscription
    Cross: FOR GOD, KING & COUNTRY Plinth 6 o'clock face: IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF TOTTERNHOE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR ENGLAND IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (Names) Plinth 3 o'clock face: 1939 -1945/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    8
    Died
    8
    Information shown
    Surname, forename, rank, regiment
    Additional Information
    Three names don't have information about rank and regiment
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    5
    Died
    5
    Information shown
    Surname, forename, rank, regiment
    Maintenance History
    Restored in 1949 at the cost of £250.

    Previous Location(s)

    • St Giles Church, Totternhoe, South Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England

      Year of move

      1968

      Reason for move

      Moved further inside churchyard after unrecorded dispute between vicar and parish council.

    Custodian
    Parish Council

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 2130mm

    Width: 530mm

    Depth: 160mm


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Width: 700mm

    Depth: 360mm


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good