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War Memorial at Elstow Lower School

A Grade II Listed Building in Elstow, Bedford

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Latitude: 52.1179 / 52°7'4"N

Longitude: -0.4688 / 0°28'7"W

OS Eastings: 504940

OS Northings: 247728

OS Grid: TL049477

Mapcode National: GBR G2C.29T

Mapcode Global: VHFQF.T1K7

Plus Code: 9C4X4G9J+5F

Entry Name: War Memorial at Elstow Lower School

Listing Date: 19 August 2003

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1390600

English Heritage Legacy ID: 490585

ID on this website: 101390600

Location: South End, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42

County: Bedford

Civil Parish: Elstow

Built-Up Area: Bedford

Traditional County: Bedfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bedfordshire

Church of England Parish: Elstow

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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ELSTOW

179/0/10008 HIGH STREET
19-AUG-03 War Memorial at Elstow Lower School

GV II
War Memorial. 1919, with the names of the Second World War II War dead in 1945. G. Carroll, Craftsman. Granite. 3-tiered stepped base with chamfered edges with a truncated square plan column capped with an overhanging capital pedimented to each face above cyma reversa moulding. To west face of column, lead lettering reads: 'IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THESE MEN OF ELSTOW WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO PRESERVE OUR LIBERTIES IN THE GREAT WARS 1914-1918 (NAMES) 1939-1945 (NAMES) ERECTED BY THE PARISHONERS'.
HISTORY: Commemorated 20 Nov 1919 by Mr. S. Howard Whitbread CB JP.
SOURCES: Bedfordshire Times & Independent, 21 Nov 1919.
UK National Inventory of War Memorials No. 1935.
Group Value with Elstow Lower School (q.v.)


This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 10 August 2017.

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