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Latitude: 52.149 / 52°8'56"N
Longitude: 0.0973 / 0°5'50"E
OS Eastings: 543595
OS Northings: 252157
OS Grid: TL435521
Mapcode National: GBR L81.7FD
Mapcode Global: VHHKG.M7TW
Plus Code: 9F4243XW+JW
Entry Name: Hauxton War Memorial
Listing Date: 23 April 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1425399
ID on this website: 101425399
Location: St Edmund's Church, Hauxton, South Cambridgeshire, CB22
County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
Civil Parish: Hauxton
Built-Up Area: Hauxton
Traditional County: Cambridgeshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire
Church of England Parish: Hauxton St Edmund
Church of England Diocese: Ely
Tagged with: Memorial
First World War memorial, 1922, with later additions for the Second World War.
The memorial stands close to the road in the churchyard of St Edmund’s parish church (listed Grade I). It is a 3m tall limestone cross with a wheel cross-head, with the wheel formed by a laurel wreath. The tapering octagonal shaft rises from a square plinth. On the south face of the plinth is inscribed IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEN WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ ALSO/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945
On the other faces are inscribed:
(west) TO/ THE GLORY OF/ GOD.
(north) THEIR REWARD IS WITH/ THE LORD. WISDOM V. 15.
(east) FROM THIS PARISH,/ (NAMES: five for the First World War, two for the Second)
Around the base is a narrow flower bed defined by a stone kerb.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 16 January 2017.
Hauxton war memorial was unveiled in 1922. An inscription and names commemorating those who died in the Second World War were added.
Hauxton’s war memorial, which stands south of St Edmund’s church, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: an elegant limestone cross;
* Group value: it stands alongside the Grade I-listed St Edmund’s church.
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