Memorial
Horsted Keynes
Current Location
St Giles' Church, Church Lane, Horsted Keynes, Mid Sussex, West Sussex, RH17 7AY, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 38380 28569
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 16833
- Description
- A Celtic-style wheel cross on a tapered base with tracery on the front face of the cross.
- Inscription
- SACRED/ TO THE IMPERISHABLE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ THESE DIED THAT WE AT PEACE MIGHT LIVE/ THESE GAVE THEIR BEST, THAT WE OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE/ NOT FOR THEMSELVES FOR JUSTICE FREEDOM RIGHT/ THEY FOUGHT AND BID US FORWARD TO THE FIGHT/ (NAMES ON SIDES) AND OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 25
- Died
- 25
- Information shown
- surname,forename
- Order of names
- surname
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 20
- Died
- 20
- Information shown
- surname,forename
- Order of names
- surname
Components
- Cross
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- Family Roots F.H.S. (Eastbourne & District), 'Rolls of Honour and War Memorials in Some East Sussex Villages', Vol 5, compiled by L. Medhurst & E. Pitcher (1992), p 17-18.