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    Memorial

    Thatcham

    Source: Copyright Sue McArdle

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    Current Location

    Thatcham Memorial Playing Fields, Bath Road , Thatcham, Newbury, Berkshire, RG18 3HB, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SU 51346 67568

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    7810
    Description
    Cross on a hexagonal three stepped base. Tablets to WW2 fixed to the base.
    Inscription
    Plinth panel 1: To the / Glory of God / and in / Proud Memory / of the Men / who gave / their Lives / for their King / and Country / in the / Great War of / 1914 -1918 // Plinth panel 2: ROYAL NAVY / (4 NAMES) / ARMY (16 NAMES) // Plinth panel 3: (22 NAMES) // Plinth panel 4: (23 NAMES) // Plinth panel 5: (23 NAMES) // Plinth panel 6: (20 NAMES) // Step tablet 1: They shall not grow old as we who are / left grow old. Age shall not weary / them nor the years condemn. / At the going down of the sun and in / the morning we shall remember them. // Step tablet 2: 1939 - 1945 / ARMY / (21 NAMES) // Step tablet 3: 1939 - 1945 / { ROYAL NAVY / (6 NAMES) } { ROYAL AIR FORCE / (7 NAMES) } // Step tablet 4: ERECTED 1919 / RESTORED 1950 and 1990
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    108
    Died
    108
    Information shown
    Service, forename initials, surname, decorations
    Order of names
    Service
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    34
    Died
    34
    Information shown
    Service, forename initials, surname, unit
    Order of names
    Service, each group listed alphabetical by surname
    Maker(s)
    • Sir Charles A Nicholson of London, Architect

    Sponsor Type
    public
    Maintenance History
    Restored 1950 and 1990

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    11 November 1920

    Major-General E T Dickson, Royal Berkshire Regiment; Parishioners;

    Dedicated

    11 November 1920

    Rev E Chamberlain; Relatives of the Fallen; Friends; Parishioners: Major and Mrs C Turner;

    Previous Location(s)

    • Thatcham Broadway, Thatcham, Newbury, Berkshire, England

      Year of move

      October 1966

      Reason for move

      1) Memorial moved due to road repairs and re-alignment. 2) Memorial re-located to Memorial Playing Fields.

    Custodian
    Parish Council

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 5182 mm

    Width: 1981 mm

    Depth: 1981 mm


    Made from: Stone - Doulting


    Condition: Good


    • Newspaper References to the Memorial: Newbury Weekly News 15/ 29 May 1919; 19 August 1919, 19 December 1919; 20 January 1920; 18 March 1920; 15 /29 JULY 1920; 11/18 November 1920; 27 January 1966; 17 March1966; 3 November 1966
    • Book: Around Thatcham in Old Photographs - Peter Allen 1992 , Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd