Memorial

Stanmore - WW1

Cross

Source: Copyright Humphem Ward 1993

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Current Location

IN CHURCHYARD, St Johns Church The Evangelist, Rectory Lane, Stanmore, Harrow, Greater London, HA7 2QX, England

TQ 16745 92150

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 11100
Description: A Celtic cross atop a tapering shaft and square plinth sitting on a three tiered step base. The commemoration and names are on bronze plaques attached to three sides of the plinth. The original memorial, a wooden triptych, was replaced by this cross in 1920.
Inscription: 1914-1918/ REMEMBER WITH THANKSGIVING THE/ TRUE AND FAITHFUL MEN WHO IN THESE/ YEARS OF WAR WENT FORTH FROM THIS/ PLACE FOR GOD AND THE RIGHT./ THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO RETURNED/ NOT AGAIN ARE HERE INSCRIBED TO/ BE HONOURED FOR EVERMORE.

Unveiled

22 Jul 1920

BRIG GEN J H ABBOT ANDERSON

Dedicated

22 Jul 1920

REV S F L BERNAYS RECTOR

Plinth

Made from: Granite - Cornish

Condition: Good

Plaques

Height: 660MM

Width: 890M

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Harrow Observer, 15 March 1918, 08 March 1918, 29 December 1916, 13 December 1918, 06 June 1919, 22 October 1926, 30 July 1920, 31 January 1919.