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Ash war memorial obelisk is sanded grey granite with polished inscribed faces. A base plinth supports a rectangular middle section upon which inscriptions are recorded. The World War I inscription faces the road and the Second World War inscription was added to the Eastern face opposite the village hall. The memorial is situated next to the village hall, at the western end of the village on the main road.

The memorial has received multiple grants and the summary details of this record relate to the most recent grant.

In 1998 a conservation project was undertaken which included cleaning and repainting of the lettering. War Memorials Trust gave £75.00 towards this project. 

Then, in 2006 Ash-cum-Ridley Parish Council undertook further repairs. The lettering was fading and they wished to arrest this deterioration and ensure the names of all recorded on the memorial could continue to be read. Therefore a project to clean the memorial and painting the lettering was undertaken to which War Memorials Trust contibuted £260.

The photographs show the memorial and close ups of one of the faces before and after work in 2006.

The inscriptions and names read:

To the Glory of God
and in lasting memory of
the men of this Parish
who fell in the Great War 1914-1919

Charles Bennett
William Bennett
Alfred M. Chatfield
Abraham Cole
Alfred Dedman
Alec B. Hamilton. Lieut
William A. James
Angus McPhee

True love by life
True love by death is tried
Live thou for England
We for England died

1939-1945

Richard S. Benson. D.S.O.
Charles F. Evans
Ernest A. Farnell
David B. Hennell
Thomas B. Hennell
Frederick R. W. Hollands
Denis G. P. Leavey
Charles G. Smith
Tommy White
Margaret J. Sharman

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM1852
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 54504

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

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