Memorial

Roade

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Current Location

Memorial Green, junction of Ashton Rd, & Hartwell Rd,, Roade, South Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, NN7 2NT, England

SP 76020 51516

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 15088
Description: Two-stepped octagonal base surmounted by a tapering square sectioned plinth, octagonal sectioned column, collar and wheel cross. Incised black-painted inscriptions and exhortations are on the plinth.
Inscription: 6 o'clock (south) face : TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF ROADE / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / IN DEFENCE OF HOME AND COUNTRY/ (NAMES) West face: AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN / AND IN THE MORNING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM East face : PASS NOT THIS STONE IN SORROW / BUT IN PRIDE, / AND MAY WE LIVE AS NOBLY AS / THEY DIED. North face: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)

Maker(s): Mr J.F. Sturgis of Roade, Makers
Costs: £140
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: The £140 was the cost of the memorial itself in 1921.
Maintenance History: 2022: Roade History Society report the name “Harbidge” has been corrected to “Harbage”, and the memorial has been cleaned and repaired Has been cleaned/refurbished at some point since 2010.

Unveiled

31/7/1921

Colonel Vernon D.S.O., K.R.R. of Stoke Bruerne performed the unveiling