Reach Memorial

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Reference WMO/114923

Address:

Cross Roads,

Great Lane and Fair Green,

Reach

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Other Concrete
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: The Grade II listed memorial in the Cambridgeshire village of Reach, at the edge of the Fens, is a red Mansfield stone pillar with a shallow pyramidal top on a double plinth and a base. It stands on Fair Green, and is surrounded by a square gravelled area and a low post and chain fence. There is an inscription on one face of the pillar giving details of the regiment, date and cause of death of the fallen of World War I. In September 2002 War Memorials Trust gave £250 towards work to clean the memorial, rake out decayed concrete on the top of the base and refill with new concrete, replace edging where necessary, repaint the chains and fix the corner posts and re-cut all the letters and paint them black. The grant also covered the cost of two new metal flower containers. After the work was completed the memorial was re-dedicated at a service on 10th November 2002. The memorial was built in the early 1920s. Reach is fortunate in not having a memorial for World War II because everyone who left the village for that conflict returned.
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ERECTED // TO THE MEMORY OF // THE MEN OF REACH // WHO DIED IN THE // GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 then the names, then in much large font R.I.P. and then on the top step,italicised and font size same as regiments GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

The Initials and surnames are a larger font size then the rest. L/CPL. A.J.MILLER. 2ND WEST YORKS/ KILLED IN ACTION MARCH 10TH 1915/ PTE. I.COOK. 11TH SUFFOLK/ KILLED IN ACTION JULY 1ST 1916/ PTE. A.WHITMORE. 11TH SUFFOLK/ KILLED IN ACTION JULY 1ST 1916/ PTE. P.MILLARD. 11TH SUFFOLK/ DIED OF WOUNDS JULY 11TH 1916/ PTE. F.J.HATLEY. M.G.C./ KILLED IN ACTION OCT.17TH 1917/ PTE. C.CAMPS. 6TH YORKSHIRE/ KILLED IN ACTION JAN.17TH 1917/ CPL. C.R.CREEK. 1/4 LINCS./ KILLED IN ACTION MAY 2ND 1917/ PTE. F.LONG.EAST SURREY/ KILLED IN ACTION AUG.7TH 1918

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