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Weston Turville

Weston Turville war memorial cross

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On a green at the Junction of School Lane and Worlds End Lane., Junction of School Lane and Worlds End Lane , Weston Turville, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, HP22 5QZ, England

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SP 85389 10571

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 8055
Description: Rough hewn granite, Celtic cross on a tapering plinth, standing on a square, two stepped, base. The main dedication and names are in lead lettering on face 1 of the plinth, and a small tablet sitting on the lower step of face 1 has the names of those from WW2. During 2002, after further research additional names from WW1 and WW2 were added to a cut out area on face 2 of the plinth. These are also in lead lettering. The makers name is incised on the front of the lower step, beneath the tablet. The whole is surrounded by four posts holding a low chain.
Inscription: Plinth face 1: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 -19,/ (Names)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."/ Face 1 tablet; WORLD WAR 1939 -1945/ (Names)/ Plinth face 2: (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 25
Died: 25
Information shown: Surname, initials, rank, date of death
Order of names: Date of death

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 9
Died: 9
Information shown: Surname, initials, rank, date of death

History

Maker(s): Kelly & Co London NW, Mason
Maintenance History: 2002, additional names from WW1 and WW2 were added to a cut out area on face 2 of the plinth January 1920 iron railing placed round memorial, but removed for scrap in 1939.

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Dedicated

1920

Rededicated

10 November 2002

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