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A street scene in Needingworth shows brick houses, a tall stone war memorial, a small lock-up building, and a horse and cart.

War Memorial near Lock-up, Needingworth (CRO)

War Memorial & Lock Up, High Street, Needingworth

History of Lock Up

Listed Building

Lock-up dated 1838 on stone plaque.

A man in a cap and waistcoat points at the barred door of a brick lock-up while a young boy stands nearby looking up at him.

Needingworth Lock-Up, 1910 (Hunts Archives)

The boy in the picture is Ebenezer Campling


The War Memorial was unveiled in 1920. Next to the Lock-Up is a Roll of Honour; there are 94 on the first roll, 48 on the second.

On the memorial are the following:

1914-1918

Harvey Attwood

Harry Charles Cooper

Harold James Dodson

Frederick Easton

Alistair Hay Fraser

Harold Ernest P Gaunt

Cyril Prio Gaunt

Henry Charles W Hoskyns

Joseph Mansfield

Fred Metcalfe

Ernest Seekings

Herbert Seekings

William Martin Turner

William Walton

Sydney Wilmer

 

1939 – 1945

Pte William Freeman

Pte George J A Lantaff

Lieut Kenneth S Mills

Sgt Cyril A White

Pte Terence Rayner

Tags

  • Listed building
  • world war one
  • world war two

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