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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

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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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