Monument record 0753100000 - War memorial outside the Readng Room in Chalfont St Giles

Summary

War memorial in Chalfont St.Giles to those who served and returned from WW1 and WW2

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1124974: READING ROOM (DBC6389)

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Type and Period (2)

  • WAR MEMORIAL (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • PLAQUE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

The memorial, mounted on the wall of a private house, consists of a WW1 triptych with names on doors and below Maltese cross in centre. WW2 non-triptych addition fixed underneath wrought iron rail at bottom. The whole memorial is under a protective roof to which a lamp and cross are affixed. The memorial lists those who served and returned from WW1 and WW2 (B1).
Photographs and further details of the WW1 war dead (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC24036 Digital archive: Imperial War Museum. 2011. UK National Inventory of War Memorials. UKNIWM REF: 8153.
  • <2>SBC24038 Digital archive: June, Peter & Martin Underwood. 2011. Buckinghamshire Remembers database.

Location

Grid reference SU 99022 93477 (point)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. GILES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Sep 29 2024 4:36PM

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