Description

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19-NOV-03

FLETCHING
War Memorial

GV
II

War memorial. Circa 1920. Comprises a stone block wall surmounted by three stepped base, plinth and stone Latin cross about eight feet in height on which is set a sword of sacrifice on the front face to south west. An engraved piece of Portland stone about four feet in height facing south west is inscribed "1914 THE GREAT WAR 1919/ IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE/ BRAVE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM". This is followed by the names of those who died in the First World War, followed by those who died in "1939 THE WORLD WAR 1945", thirty nine names in all. An intact war memorial, set into the churchyard wall in the centre of Fletching village.

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, 1 December 2016.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26670097

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]