The war memorial in St Giles' churchyard in Totternhoe
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The war memorial in St Giles' churchyard in Totternhoe
Image: © Jeremy Bolwell Taken: 3 Mar 2023
A really nicely sited war memorial of a really interesting design, erected soon after World War I, or the Great War, as it was often referred to at that time. The linear village of Totternhoe lost several sons and their names are listed. I always read the names, the Freds, Alberts, Harrys, Ernests and so on who as young lads left this little community on a wave of patriotism and optimism but lost their lives far from home, and may most likely remain there, never to return home to the soil that grew them.
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