Building record 0719100000 - Wycombe Marsh War Memorial

Summary

War memorial cross at Wycombe Marsh, commemorating local people killed in WW1 and WW2

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Type and Period (1)

  • WAR MEMORIAL (Constructed 1922, Modern - 1901 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

A floriated latin stone cross on an octangonal, three stepped base. Originally sited at the junction of Abbey Barn Road with Ford Street and Beech Road, but moved in 1997 to a garden site on the London Road, because of traffic danger. The Architect was F.D.Howard and built by E.Harris and unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of Buckingham in 1922 to commemorate those killed in WW1 with the names for WW2 being added later (B1).
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Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC24036 Digital archive: Imperial War Museum. 2011. UK National Inventory of War Memorials. UKNIWM REF: 8318.
  • <2>SBC24038 Digital archive: June, Peter & Martin Underwood. 2011. Buckinghamshire Remembers database.

Location

Grid reference SU 89023 91722 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 25 2023 4:18PM

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