Memorial

Rode Cross

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Current Location

Village Green, Junction High Street and , High Street and Marsh Road, Rode, Mendip, Somerset, BA11 6PB, England

ST 80510 53981

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 1372
Description: Latin cross on octagonal column, square plinth and three stepped base. Inscriptions are on black lettering.
Inscription: THE/ VILLAGERS TRIBUTE/ TO THEIR GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ AD 1914-1918/ "THE LORD HATH WROUGHT GREAT THINGS BY THEM THROUGH HIS GREAT POWER"/ "THESE MEN OF OURS, UNSELFISH, UNAFRAID" / WENT TO THE WORLD WIDE FIGHT / FORGET NOT HOW THEY FOUGHT AND HOW WE PRAYED / FOR ENGLAND AND FOR RIGHT 1939 - 1945 / (9 names)

Maker(s): Mr Edwin Woolley, designer, a native of Rode now with Messrs. Singer, From, Architect
Arthur George Oram, Mason
Costs: £220
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Subscribed by the villagers
Maintenance History: 2010: Cleaned with the help of the War Memorials Trust. 26 October 2009. Grade II listed. November 2008: Wells Cathedral Stonemasons, Cheddar carried out the following works: Cleaned the Memorial, bollards and surrounding paved area using DOFF steam cleaning system; repointed open joints and removed rusted ironwork to cross; cut and replaced 4 plaques in Portland stone to match existing stonework. 1998: Inscribed tablets replaced and memorial cleaned. 1989: One of the pillars replaced