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The Raunds War Memorial
The Raunds War Memorial
Photo : Raunds War Memorial Research Project

The Raunds War Memorial is located in a Memorial Garden outside St. Peter's Church, off the High Street in Raunds.

The memorial is a on a two-stepped octagonal styled base surmounted by a large low profile square sectioned plinth with concave corners and a platformed upper face. Set on the platform is a substantial square shaped padstone with a four-fluted square sectioned tapering column. The column is topped by a four-gabled roof covering a cross in relief on each face.

The memorial commemorates the names of 107 men who lost their lives in the First World War, and 29 men from the Second World War. A transcript of all the names is on the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials website, as well as on the Raunds War Memorial Research Project website.

1 soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on this memorial.

Private Ernest Webb. 42529. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 178481 R F A. Son of Harry and Annie Webb, of Raunds, Northamptonshire; husband of Miriam Webb, of Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire. Killed 8 September 1918. Aged 26.
Enlisted Irthlingbrough.
Buried CAVALLETO BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Further biographical information is provided on the Raunds War Memorial Project website.

The Raunds War Memorial and St. Peter's Church
The Raunds War Memorial and St. Peter's Church
Photo : Traces of War website

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