Caddington War Memorial

The churchyard, All Saints' Church, Luton Road, Caddington, Bedfordshire, LU1 4AF

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Overview

First World War memorial, 1919, with additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1438671
Date first listed:: 18-Oct-2016
List Entry Name:: Caddington War Memorial
Statutory Address:: The churchyard, All Saints' Church, Luton Road, Caddington, Bedfordshire, LU1 4AF

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1438671
Date first listed:: 18-Oct-2016
List Entry Name:: Caddington War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: The churchyard, All Saints' Church, Luton Road, Caddington, Bedfordshire, LU1 4AF

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: The churchyard, All Saints' Church, Luton Road, Caddington, Bedfordshire, LU1 4AF

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Caddington
National Grid Reference:: TL0648019874

Summary

First World War memorial, 1919, with additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Caddington War Memorial, which stands within the churchyard of All Saints’ Church, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: a well-ornamented cross in the Celtic style; * Group value: with the Grade II*-listed Church of All Saints.

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Caddington as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

Caddington War Memorial was built at a cost of £118 5s 0d and was unveiled on 21 December 1919. The memorial commemorates 21 local servicemen who fell in the First World War. It was created by Messrs Giddings and Son, who were also responsible for a number of other war memorials including that at Kempston (Grade II-listed). Two names were later added after the Second World War. In 2007 the memorial underwent structural repair with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust.

Details

MATERIALS: Forest of Dean stone.

DESCRIPTION: Caddington War Memorial is situated in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints (Grade II*-listed). The memorial, almost 4m high, is in the form of a Celtic cross. The cross head is ornamented with interlace trefoils and rises from a square-sectioned shaft, that stands on a tapering plinth. The plinth stands on a two-stepped, square, base.

The principal dedicatory inscription, on the plinth, reads IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS.”/ ERECTED BY PARISHIONERS & FRIENDS. The names of the fallen of the First World War are incised into the remaining three sides of the plinth, ordered by year and date of death, with those of the Second World War beneath the inscription AND IN THE WAR 1939 – 1945 on the top step.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 16 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/115586
War Memorials Register, accessed 29/07/2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/7726
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase, accessed 18/07/2016 from www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=404

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.