Yaxley War memorial

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Reference WMO/306633

Address:

Dovecote Lane

Yaxley

PE7 3NE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Stone of remembrance
Materials:
  • Rock/Rough Stone Rock/Rough Stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Iraq (2003-2009)
About the memorial: Rough hewn stone of remembrance mounted on a 3 step base and gravel bed with kerbstones. The whole is surrounded by concrete posts and chain fence. Face 1 has carved, crossed, British and French flags at the top, and the names in leaded lettering beneath. Face 3 is rough hewn and with a cut-out and a single name in leaded letters within, and Face 4 has the years of WW2 carved into the face and the names of those who died in leaded lettering beneath on a cut-out panel. Below Face 4 is a separate dedicatory stone tablet with incised dedication.
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Face 1: 1919/ TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO CHAMPIONED OUR CAUSE IN THE GREAT WAR/ AND FOR US MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE./ (Names)/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS”-/ Face 3: Cpl. Lee.M.Fitzsimmons Royal Marines/ 03.04.81 - 20.11.2007 (Iraq) Face 4: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/

WW2: L/Cpl. L Allenson RM Commando Pte. J Beeby Suffolk Regt. Cpl. T Binns R.A.S.C. Pte. L L Burrows Ryl Nfolk Regt. Pte. L C Chambers Cambs Regt. Coms. H Clarke R.W.A.F.F. Royal West African Frontier Force Sgt. W Clements R.A.F. Pte. J T A Howard Suffolk Regt. Cpl. B Hussey Northants Regt. Pte. F H Jarvis Northants Regt. Pte. V Merchant K.R.R. Pte. Millicent C Smith A.T.S. Female Katherine Millicent Smith Pte. H Thompson R.A.M.C. L/Cpl. H E Webster R.E. Pte. H Whaley Grn. Howards Sgt. E Whitehead R.A. Pte. R A Hicks Lincoln Regt. Cpl. Mollie Norris A.T.S. Elsie Kathleen Pte. W Coles Northants Regt. Sgt. Pilot T E Barnes R.A.F. Fg Off. Arthur H Foreman R.A.F. Iraq: Cpl. Lee. M. Fitzsimmons Royal Marines

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