Building record 0719500000 - Hambleden War Memorial

Summary

Stone cross commemorating those killed in WW1 and WW2

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Type and Period (1)

  • WAR MEMORIAL (1920, Modern - 1901 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Portland Stone Maltese Cross with Celtic Wheel on an octagonal base. To commemorate those killed in WW1 and WW2. The monument unveiled by Gen. Sir Herbert Lawrence in 1920, was designed by Mr Muirhead and built by Messrs Axtel & Son. (REF: 1)
Photgraphs and further details available. (Ref:2)

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC24036 Digital archive: Imperial War Museum. 2011. UK National Inventory of War Memorials. UKNIWM REF: 8342.
  • <2>SBC24038 Digital archive: June, Peter & Martin Underwood. 2011. Buckinghamshire Remembers database.

Location

Grid reference SU 78402 86560 (point)
Civil Parish HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 6 2012 4:01PM

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