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Title
War Memorial
Date
1922
Medium
Carrara marble & Portland stone
Accession number
MK40_SM_S048
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Bedford Borough Council
Custodian
Bedford Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
24/07/14
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscriptions on three sides of the pedestal: 1914 + 1919 TO BEFORDIANS WHO DIED MANY IN EARLY YOUTH SOME FULL OF YEARS AND HONOUR BUT WHO ALL ALIKE GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY; 1939 + 1945 TO COMMEMORATE THE STRUGGLE AND SACRIFICE OF BEDFORDIANS; 1950 + 1953 TO COMMEMORATE THE KOREAN WAR