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Reference WMO/118154

Address:

Cotton End Road

Junction with Windmill Hill

Exning

Newmarket

CB8 7NN

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Pillar/column
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: About 14 feet high and a base of 7 feet square, it comprises a Celtic cross on a tapering hexagonal column on a square plinth, on two steps. Round it is a stone kerb and post and chain barrier. The Memorial was designed by the firm of W.J.Nutty of Cheveley and made of Cornish granite at the cost of £624-12s.6d. Initially it had inscribed upon it the names of 78 casualties, two more were added later (Harry Beeton and Lawrence Earith). In front of a crowd of between 5000 and 7000, the Memorial was unveiled on Sunday 5th June, 1921. The ceremony was carried out by Col.the Hon. Walter Guinness, D.S.O., M.P. and dedicated by Canon Farmilae. After World War Two a booklet was added (south face) carrying the names of 22 servicemen and three civilians who had died through enemy action. Initially the Memorial was in the centre of the road leading to Landwade, known as The Avenue in the 1920's, the junction of Windmill Hill and Church Street. When modern transport became ever larger, so did the risks to the Memorial and a £30,000 scheme was launched to improve safety at the accident prone junction which involved the re-siting of the war memorial which had been damaged by traffic on a number of occasions. In 1998 War Memorials Trust awarded £175 to the scheme. It was carried out by Ivett & Reed of Cambridge in 2001.
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On the south face of the plinth:OUR / GLORIUOS / DEAD On the top step, almost concealed by the book: 1914-1918 On the book 1939-1945 / (names) / CIVILIANS KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION / (names)

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Grade II (England)

1438026

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