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Littlewick Green

Town or City: Littlewick Green
County: Berkshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM2092

Value of grant: £195.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2007

UKNIWM reference number: 7923

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Littlewick Green war memorial before work © Parish of Burchetts Green 2007The memorial in Littlewick Green, Berkshire is a tall teak crucifix with a wooden-shingled canopy set on a four-stepped base of York stone. It stands in the churchyard of St. John the Evangelist church, on the north side of the chancel.

In October 2007 War Memorials Trust granted £195 towards work to remove rusty nails and damaged or unusable wooden shingle tiles from the canopy and to replace the damaged shingles, to repair cracks to the timber and to apply a protective coating to the wood.

The memorial was designed by Mr. S. Slingsby Stallwood. The memorial cost £247 which was raised by private subscription and fundraising events such as a social evening at the village hall. It was dedicated on the afternoon of Sunday 14th March 1920. The service began with the sounding of the reveille by a bugler of the Royal Berkshire Regiment. The memorial was unveiled by Capt. Ross (late Sherwood Foresters) after which relatives of the men who had died came forward and placed flowers upon the base of the memorial. This was followed by the Last Post and the National Anthem.

Littlewick Green war memorial after work © Parish of Burchetts Green 2007On the face of the stepped base is the inscription

To the glory of God
and in memory of
the men of Littlewick Green
who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1919

Alfred Burt
Henry Burt
George Alloway
Henry Alloway
Arthur Heath
J. Phillips
William Woodley
Walter Woodley
M.M.
Albert Hunt
W. Eustace
H. Town
P. Langham
H. Martin

Requiescant in Pace

Ye that live on `mid English pasture green
Remember us and think what might have been

Names of seven men who fell in World War II are also commemorated here.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM2092
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 7923

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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