- Type of Memorial
- Hall / Institute
- WMR Reference Number
- 13677
- Description
- Hall with internal plaques made of alabaster and external stone blocks
- Inscription
- REMEMBER WITH THANKSGIVINGS THE MEN OF HIXON WHO, IN THEIR COUNTRY’S HOUR OF NEED, WENT FORTH, ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED DANGER AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF SACRIFICE AND THE GATE OF DEATH / (Names)
External Blocks, Left:-
1: IN MEMORY OF / CORP STUART LEES / FROM FATHER & MOTHER
2: IN MEMORY OF / CORP STUART LEES / FROM WIFE & CHILD
3: IN MEMORY OF / L/CPL FRED BOOTH / FROM WIFE & CHILD
4: W MARTIN / IN MEMORY OF THE HIXON BOYS / WHO FELL IN THE WAR
5: W & C PARSONS
6: MR & MRS T FOSTER
7: VE DAY VJ DAY / 50TH ANNIVERSARY/ 1995
External Blocks, Right:-
1: IN REMEMBRANCE OF / PTE J JENNINGS / 4 NORTH STAFFS
2: J BARBER/ 1926
3: IN MEMORY OF / SGT LEV
1: MRS HUGHES / IN MEMORY OF HER SON / LIONEL HOLFORD / HUGHES
2:
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BLOCK ONE: IN REMEMBRANCE OF / PTE J JENNINGS / 4 NORTH STAFFS
BLOCK TWO: J BARBER
BLOCK THREE: IN MEMORY OF / SGT LEVI JEFFRIES
BLOCK FOUR: IN MEMORY OF PTE J HOROBIN 7TH / NSR FROM FATHER & / MOTHER
BLOCK FIVE: MAJOR M RADCLIFFE 16 NSR / IN MEMORY OF THE HIXON / SCOUTS
BLOCK SIX: MRS BRANDRICK / IN MEMORY OF / HER HUSBAND
BLOCK SEVEN: MRS TAYLOR & FAMILY / IN MEMORY / OF HER SON
BLOCK EIGHT: MISS M MURROUGH / IN REMEMBRANCE
INTERNAL PLAQUES:-
PLAQUE ONE: 1914 1918 / REMEMBER WITH THANKSGIVING THE MEN OF HIXON WHO IN THEIR / COUNTRY'S HOUR OF NEED WENT FORTH, ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED DANGER, / AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF / SACRIFICE AND THE GATE OF DEATH / (NAMES) / DIED FROM WAR SERVICE / (NAMES)
PLAQUE TWO: 1935 1945 / ETERNAL REST NOBLY WON / (NAMES) / ROLL OF HONOUR OF THOSE OF HIXON WHO SERVED IN THE SECOND / WORLD WAR AND WHOSE LIVES WERE PRESERVED / (NAMES)
PLAQUE THREE: ROLL OF HONOUR OF THOSE OF HIXON WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE / GREAT WAR AND WHOSE LIVES / WERE PRESERVED / (NAMES) / "THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY DAY AND NIGHT" / 1 SAMUEL 25.16.
ENTRANCE PORCH, LEFT: THIS STONE WAS LAID BY CAPT. THE HON W C A ORMBYGORE M.P. UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. AUG 7TH 1926
ENTRANCE PORCH, RIGHT: MRS HUGHES IN MEMORY OF HER SON LIONEL HOLFORD HUGHES
WALL ABOVE PORCH: HIXON MEMORIAL HALL 1926