Memorial

St Margaret's Church - Cross

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Current Location

In a bay built into church wall, St Margaret's Church, Church Street, Warnham, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 3QL, England

OS Grid Reference

TQ 15865 33668

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 16742
Description: Two-stepped base surmounted by plinth and stone Cross. Whole is set into bay in the wall. Inscription on the plinth. WW2 names are on two tablets set into the wall behind the cross. Two benches flank the Cross. A second clock face was also added to church tower at the same time as the WW2 tablets as a memorial.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: IN ETERNAL HONOUR AND PRAISE AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF WARNHAM'S GLORIOUS DEAD / 1914 / 1919 // 9 o'clock face: 1915 / (6 NAMES) / 1916 / (6 NAMES) // 3 o'clock face: 1917 / (6 NAMES) / 1918 / (6 NAMES) / 1919 / (1 NAME) / 1914 / (1 NAME) // Wall tablet 1: 1914-1918 (6 NAMES) // Wall tablet 2: 1914-1918 (6 NAMES) // Wall tablet 3: 1939-1945 (8 NAMES) // Wall tablet 4: 1939-1945 (8 NAMES) // Wall tablet 5: FUNDING FOR THE / RENOVATION OF THE WAR / MEMORIAL CAME FROM THE / HODGSON FAMILY BEQUEST / 2014 AUGUST // Wall plaque: THIS WALL WAS REBUILT IN 1988 / IN MEMORY OF MOLLY GREGSON / OF ENDS PLACE WHO LOVED WARNHAM

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 38
Died: 38
Information shown: Year died, rank, forenames, surname, honours, regiment
Order of names: Year died

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 16
Died: 16
Information shown: Rank, forename initials, surname, honours, unit or service
Order of names: Listed alphabetically by surname

History

Maker(s): Mr Arthur Blomfield, Architect, Designer
Messrs. Whitehead and Sons. of Kennington Oval, Builder

Ceremonies

Unveiled

26th September 1920

Mr. C. J. Lucas J.P.

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St Margaret's Church - Cross

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St Margaret's Church - Cross

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Memorial Details

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