Wootton : WW1, WW2 Cross.

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Reference WMO/228866

Address:

Church Road,

Junction with Church Row

Wootton

Bedford

MK43 9HF

England

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Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Three-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned tapering plinth and rectangular sectioned tapering shaft with cross. Two decorated brackets support the arms of the cross. Incised inscriptions on sides of plinth & also on tablet at base of shaft. The years, 1914 1919 are in relief on the arms of the cross. A paved area with a low post and chain fence surrounds the base. The whole memorial is sited on a grass verge between two roads. [Original location of memorial when unveiled in 1922, was at the junction of Church Rd, & Cranfield Rd.]
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6 o'clock arms of cross : 1914 1919 //6 o'clock shaft face : 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES) // 6 o'clock plinth face : ERECTED / TO THE MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF THE PARISH OF WOOTTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR

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Grade II (England)

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