AMERSHAM - WW1

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Reference WMO/115202

Address:

Memorial Garden

Market Square

Amersham

HP7 0DD

England

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Status: Unknown
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Other cross
Materials:
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: The war memorials in the market town of Amersham in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire stand within the War Memorial Gardens on the Broadway. The World War I memorial is a Portland stone cross fleury crucifix, with fleur-de-lys style crockets around the arms of the cross. The cross stands on a pillar with a moulded top and decorative carving running vertically down the shaft. The pillar is supported by a plinth and a two-stepped base, the lower of which has blind tracery around the riser. There are Gothic script inscriptions on the plinth, carved and filled with lead. The memorial is set within a lowered paved area surrounded by a stone wall.The English Heritage entry suggests that the memorial is not on its original site. The WW2 memorial is set into a nearby wall.
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF AMERSHAM WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR FOR FREEDOM/

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Grade II (England)

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