Memorial

Hartshill And District Cross

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HARTSHILL CEMETERY, Queens Rd, Hartshill, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, England

SJ 860 450

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 38412
Description: STONE BASE SURMOUNTED BY WHITE MARBLE STEP, PLINTH, TAPERING SHAFT AND CELTIC CROSS. INSCRIPTION ON THE ONE SIDE OF THE STEP AND FRONT AND REAR FACES OF THE BASE BADGES OF THE ARMY, ROYAL NAVY, ROYAL AIR FORCE, MERCHANT NAVY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CARVED IN RELIEF ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE PLINTH. BADGE OF THE ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE IS CARVED ON THE FRONT OF THE BASE, SWORD CARVED ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE SHAFT
Inscription: 6 O'CLOCK FACE: 1914 1918/ 1939 1945/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY/ OF THOSE FROM THIS VILLAGE AND DISTRICT/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ OR WERE KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION/ THE ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE MEMORIAL TO THE FORCES/ AND IN RECOGNITION OF THE NOBLE WORK DONE BY THE HOSPITALS./ PRESENTED BY A LIFE LONG MEMBER OF THE ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE/ "THESE ARE THEY WHO WENT THROUGH GREAT TRIBULATION." 12 O'CLOCK FACE: PRESENTED BY W. H. WRIGHT/ DEDICATED SEPT 5TH 1943 BY RE. R. H. WYATT VICAR OF HARTSHILL

Dedicated

05th September 1943

Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Cross

Height: 2350MM

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Base

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good