Combined War Memorial, Barton le Clay, Beds, UK
Posted by: bill&ben
N 51° 57.861 W 000° 25.615
30U E 676769 N 5760200
A combined war memorial in the form of an obelisk at the junction of Hexton and Luton Roads.
Waymark Code: WM9RZJ
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/27/2010
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The memorial consists of a polished grey granite obelisk
mounted on a three tiered plinth. The top plinth carries the names of the
fallen on the two sides of the plinth. On the front of the top plinth is the
inscription
IN COMMEMORATION
OF THE TRUE AND
FAITHFUL MEN
WHO IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919
WENT FORTH FROM THIS
PLACE
FOR GOD AND THE RIGHT
THE NAMES OF THE 25
WHO RETURNED
NOT AGAIN, ARE HERE
INSCRIBED TO BE
HONOURED FOR EVERMORE
On the middle plinth is the
inscription 1939-45 and the names of the fallen from the second world war.
The memorial was unveiled by Mr G Warren on the 13th
June 1920.