Memorial
Cotton End WW1 And WW2
Current Location
Cotton End Baptist Chapel., Bedford Road, Cotton End, North Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, MK45 3AA, England
OS Grid Reference
TL 08496 45529
Denomination
Baptist
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- Type of Memorial
- Pillar / Column
- WMR Reference Number
- 1921
- Description
- Small pillar with a coping set on a stepped plinth and base.
- Inscription
- (6 O'CLOCK): 1914-1918 / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF COTTON END / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY / DURING THE WORLD WAR 1914-1918 / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN / THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY / DOEN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS / THE PEOPLE OF COTTON END ERECTED THIS MEMORIAL" (9 O'CLOCK): IN GRETEFUL MEMORY OF / EDWARD PELL / OF COTTON END / WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN / DEFENCE OF LIBERTY / IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945 / "INAS MUCH"
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Forename, surname.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 17
- Died
- 17
- Information shown
- Surname,forename,decorations
- Order of names
- Surname
Components
- Column
Height: 1710MM
Width: 400MM
Depth: 400MM
Made from: Granite
Condition: Good