Balsham

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Reference WMO/121599

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Holy Trinity Churchyard

Balsham

Cambridge

CB21 4DS

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Calvary
Lettering: Incised
About the memorial: The Grade II listed Clipsham limestone war memorial in the south east Cambridgeshire town of Balsham has two ornate sculptures with canopy above and moulding below on top of a slim hexagonal pillar, resting on a plinth and a four-stepped octagonal base. The sculpture on the north side of the top of the memorial is a Calvary scene, and on the south side is a representation of Mary with the Christ child on her knee. There are inscriptions on the plinth and steps of the north face. The memorial stands in the churchyard of Holy Trinty, Balsham parish church.
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The dedication is incised on the bottom step riser:- REMEMBER THOSE FROM BALSHAM / WHO IN THESE YEARS OF WAR / MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE

The names (24 -WW1 and 8 -WW2) are inscribed around the on the lower step riser:- 1914-1918 - GEORGE ANSELL*WILLIAM BASS*SIDNEY E BEETON *WILLIAM BEETON*OWEN J BIGGS*ROBERT G BIGGS / ALBERT BROWN*HORACE BROWN*FREDERICK BROYD*GEORGE CLARKE*ROLAND CLARKE*HERBERT DEER / JOANS FREE*J STANLEY GOODCHILD*RAYMOND E HEAD*WALTER KINSEY*JOSEPH NOBLE*CYRIL G PARKER / DAVID PASK*JOHN H PLUMB*PHILIP PLUMB*ALEC STINTON*STANLEY STINTON- 1939-1945-OWEN BATTEN*FRANK A HOBBS*DANIEL G HOBART*J ARTHUR JOLLEY / JOHN R OSBORN VC*ROBERT W RICHARDSON*SIDNEY W SIMPSON*FRANCIS TOMLIN. there are three extra names on the Roll of Honour inside the Church:- HARRY MELTON MM*HARRY MURRELL*HAROLD TAYLOR. also one local man buried in the churchyard on neither record:- FRANK BROYD

Grade II (England)

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Balsham

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