Memorial
Woolhampton
Current Location
St Peters Churchyard, Woolhampton Hill, Upper Woolhampton, Newbury, Berkshire, RG7 5TB, England
OS Grid Reference
SU 57710 67676
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 18735
- Description
- Octagonal cross surmounting a square plinth and two stepped square base. Inscriptions are flush with the surface, by carving around the letters. 6 o'clock face is decorated with a palm leaf carved in to the top centre, and a figure of a soldier and a sailor with arms reversed standing either side of the inscription.
- Inscription
- Plinth, 6 o'clock: IN HONOUR / OF THE MEN / OF / WOOLHAMPTON / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / AND THE / 1939-1945 WAR // Plinth, 9 o'clock: (7 NAMES) // Plinth, 12 o'clock: "THEY PASSED OUT / OF THE SIGHT OF / MEN BY THE PATH / OF DUTY AND SELF / SACRIFICE." / 1939 - 1945 WAR / (4 NAMES) // Plinth, 3 o'clock: (8 NAMES)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 15
- Died
- 15
- Information shown
- Forename initials, surname, rank, regiment
- Order of names
- Listed alphabetical by surname
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 4
- Died
- 4
- Information shown
- Forename initials, surname, rank, regiment
- Order of names
- Listed alphabetical by surname
- Maker(s)
Mr E T May FRIBA, Designer
Ceremonies
Unveiled
13th March 1921
Brigadier General E J Phipps Hornby VC, CB, CMG;
Dedicated
13th March 1921
Rev H F Freeman; Parishioners; Rev E D S Bushnell; Rev A H Fowler;
Components
- Cross
Height: 5182mm
Made from: Stone - Doulting
Condition: Good
- Plinth
Made from: Stone - Doulting
Condition: Good
- Base
Made from: Stone - Doulting
Condition: Good
- Hutchins Berkshire Index
- West Berkshire War Memorials http://www.westberkshirewarmemorials.org.uk/memorial.php?link=WB373
- Newbury Weekly News 16 Mar 1921 Refers to unveiling ceremony in detail