Middleton Cheney - Great War memorial -Northant's
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Norfolk12
N 52° 04.314 W 001° 16.422
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At the road junction in Middleton Cheney This covers both World Wars and a Plaque for the Falklands War.
Waymark Code: WMB99G
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/22/2011
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The War Shrine
The Great War ended with the Armistice of 11th November 1918 with people in a vengeful mood: the enemy must be made to pay. The soldiers were demobilised and somehow, in the year between the end of the war and Armistice Day 1919, the mood changed. Military pride changed into a deep-felt desire to salute the dead by raising memorials to them. Soon every town and village had one. They were in fact, an emotional closing of the book on The Great War.
Dedicated one Sunday afternoon in 1919, the war shrine was unveiled by Mrs Barnett of The Holt, who with her husband gave the shrine to the village in memory of the 22 men who had lost their lives during the First World War. It is also dedicated to their son Ronald, who died of meningitis in 1918 at the age of 16. During the war 1914-18 war 185 men from the village served in the armed forces.
Joe Watkins, a village carpenter who lived in Royal Oak Lane, made the wooden canopy. The masonry is Horton stone and was built by Mr Tom Bonham and his son Reg, The original shrine was enclosed in an oak cabinet, the names of the fallen were inscribed in gold on the inside of the two doors. The cabinet has since been replaced and the names of those who died in the Second World War have been added to this memorial.
Above details from Middleton Cheney Website
INSCRIPTION
ROLL OF HONOUR
Then the names are listed under the date of the year.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1919
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Local Authority
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Physical Address of Monument:
Middleton CheneyNorthants UK
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