Memorial

Little Common Cross

Source: Copyright John Miller

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Current Location

Roundabout at Junction of Barnhorn Lane and Little Common Road, Little Common Cross, Cooden Sea Road, Bexhill, Rother, East Sussex, TN39 4SJ, England

TQ 71427 07886

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 16944
Description: Rectangular base surmounted by a tapering rough-hewn, rectangular sectioned plinth, tapering rough-hewn shaft and integrated wheel cross. Pinned lead lettering and numerals form the inscription and names on all four smoothened faces of the plinth. The whole memorial is enclosed by a small flower garden which is located on an oval-shaped roundabout island.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: 1914 - 1918 / OUR GLORIOUS DEAD / (29 NAMES) / "HOW CAN MAN DIE BETTER." // 12 o'clock face: LITTLE COMMON / 1920. / IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LITTLE COMMON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM / 1939 - 1945. / "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE / MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM." // 3 o'clock face: WE REMEMBER THOSE LOST / ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN / CONFLICTS SINCE 1945 / (1 NAME) // 9 o'clock face: 1939 - 1945 / (20 NAMES)

Maker(s): Louis Frederick Roslyn RBS, Sculptor
Messrs R Francis and Sons, Builder
Messrs R Francis and Sons, Architect