Riseley

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Reference WMO/227272

Address:

All Saints' Churchyard,

Church Lane,

Riseley, Bedford

MK44 1ER

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Other Concrete
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Flush concrete ground platform surmounted by a single-stepped square base, further surmounted by a two stage square plinth comprising a square lower section and concave edged upper section. Rising from the plinth is a two stage tapering square obelisk. Wreath in relief on 6 o'clock lower stage of obelisk. Incised inscriptions on lower stage of obelisk and lower stage of plinth. Whole memorial constructed of Portland stone.
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(6 o'clock face) : ERECTED / IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / OUR FELLOW VILLAGERS / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN DEFENCE OF THEIR / COUNTRY / DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY / 10DRS XV 54 (6 o'clock face, plinth) : EUROPEAN WAR / 1914-1918 / (NAMES) (9 o'clock face) : (NAMES) (9 o'clock face, plinth) : 1939-1945 / (NAMES) (3 o'clock face) : (NAMES)

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