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Reference WMO/114919

Address:

Pond Green

High Street (A1123)

Wicken

CB7 5XX

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Standing on the green, to the north of the High Street. A polished, grey granite obelisk, upon a three-tiered base, sitting upon a two-tiered flagged pavement. The front face bearing the dates 1914 1919 within a wreath of laurels, above a list of 8 names of those who fell in WW1, with the general commemoration beneath. On the east face are the dates 1939-1945, and the names of 4 men who fell in WW2. All the lettering is incised with gold infil, and the names for WW1 listed in seemingly random order, perhaps by date of death, giving rank, initials, surname and unit. The WW2 names are listed in alphabetical order, with the same details provided.
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1914 1919 THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH. REV.12.11 (Names) THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO SERVED IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES AND DIED IN THE GREAT WAR. (East face) 1939 1945

(WW1) PTE. W. SENNITT BEDS. REGT. // DRUMR. A. G. HALL SUFF. ' // PTE. W. SCRIVENER ' ' // PTE. C. W. RUMBELOW R.W.S. // PTE. P. R. NORMAN // SUFF. ' // PTE. L. M. BAILEY M.G.C. // GNR. F. BAILEY R.F.A. // PTE. R. J. W. BAILEY R.W.K. (WW2) CPL. F. W. BAILEY G.GDS. // PTE. E. R. FITCH 14TH S.F. // PTE. E. H. MARTIN CAMBS. // GNR, C. W. G. RUMBELOW R.A.

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Grade II (England)

https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1331723

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