Building record 0756300000 - Little Missenden WW1 memorial

Summary

Chancel of parish church, restored in 1922 as a memorial to parishioners killed in World War I, with a dedicatory plaque

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Type and Period (2)

  • WAR MEMORIAL (1922, Modern - 1901 AD to 1999 AD)
  • PLAQUE (Constructed 1922, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

The Chancel of St John the Baptist church was restored to commemorate those killed in WW1 with the names of those killed listed on a dedicatory panel. The restoration was opened in 1922 by Maj-Gen J L B Vesey and dedicated by the Bishop of Oxford (B1).
Photographs and further details (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC24036 Digital archive: Imperial War Museum. 2011. UK National Inventory of War Memorials. UKNIWM REF: 8121.
  • <2>SBC24038 Digital archive: June, Peter & Martin Underwood. 2011. Buckinghamshire Remembers database.

Location

Grid reference SU 92085 98986 (point)
Civil Parish LITTLE MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 14 2020 9:50PM

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