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Marston Moreteyne
Town or City: Marston Moreteyne
County: Bedfordshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM6030
Value of grant: £630.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2014
UKNIWM reference number: 1738
M
arston Moreteyne war memorial is a limestone Latin cross on top of a tapering octagonal shaft. The shaft sits on a square plinth with chamfered corners on a three-stepped base. The structure is set in a lawn at the junction of Station Road and Bedford Road in Marston Moreteyne and surrounded by limestone posts. The memorial lists the names of the men that fought and died in the First and Second World Wars in lead lettering, along with commemorative inscriptions.
In 2014 a grant of £630 was offered through the Small Grants Scheme towards cleaning the memorial. In order to improve the legibility of the inscriptions low pressure steam cleaning was used to remove the build-up of surface dirt and biological growth. Although not funded through this grant, further work to the memorial was also undertaken at the same time. 
The memorial was re-pointed, the shaft was re-fixed to the pin and the steel chains were reinstated on the pillars surrounding the memorial.
The architect for the memorial was Messrs William Morris & Co. and the builder was Messrs SW Jarvis & Son. The memorial was unveiled by the Duke of Bedford on 13th March 1921 at a dedication service performed by Rev AR Johnson.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM6030
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 1738
War Memorials Online www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/165302
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
