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A granite Celtic cross war memorial with engraved inscriptions stands in a park setting strewn with fallen autumn leaves.

War Memoria, Bourn (RGL2023)

War Memorial, Bourn

History of the War Memorial

Listed Building

The memorial was unveiled on 21 November 1920 by Colonel C T Heycock. The mason was Mr W Wade, the builder was Sydney Gauge and the manufacturers, Messrs Macintosh. The decision to erect a cross was arrived at by house-to-house voting, the result being 356 votes for the cross and 267 for a new set of church bells with accompanying dedicatory tablet inside the church.

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