WIMPOLE AND ARRINGTON

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Reference WMO/135455

Address:

Old Cambridgeshire Road

Wimpole

Royston

SG8 5QB

England

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Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial to the fallen of the villages of Wimpole and Arrington in south west Cambridgeshire is a rough Cornish granite wheel cross with a sword carved in relief on the front face. At the base of the shaft is a polished area with a list of the names of the World War II fallen. The cross stands on a rough granite stone plinth and base; the plinth has a polished front face, upon which is a dedication and a list of World War I fallen. The memorial is sited within a paved area surrounded by a raised sandstone kerb and posts. A vase with an inscription on its front face stands in front of the memorial. The whole is situated in a gravelled area at a junction between the villages of Wimpole and Arrington on Old Cambridge Road.
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In Proud And Grateful Memory Of/ The Men Of Wimpole And Arrington/ Who Gave Their Lives For Their/ Country In The Great War 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)

[First World War] Capt. The Hon.T.G.R. Agar-Robartes Coldstream Gds, Pte. E.G. Clarke 7th Suffolk, ” H. Collin 11th ”, ” H. Ingrey 7th ”, Sergt. W. Ingrey 1st Beds., Pte. D. Matthews 11th Suffolk, ” J.W. Neaves 5th K.S.L.I., A.H. Pell 2nd Queen’s R.W. Surrey, Corpl. C. Pratt 2nd Rifle Brigade, Pte. A.J. Reynolds 11th Suffolk, ” E.C. Skinner 7th ”, ” F. Skinner 11th ”, ” H. Skinner 7th ”, ” F. Smith 1st Beds, L/Cpl C. Whetstone 2nd Rifle Brigade, Pte. H. Wilkins 11th Suffolk, ” F.C. Wisbey 2nd Lincolns.' [Second World War] L.A.C.W. F.E. Allison, W.A.A.F., Pte. W.R. Bullen, 2nd Cambs., Pte. J.W. Law, 2nd Cambs.

Grade II (England)

1460077

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