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    Memorial

    Frilford, Garford and Marcham

    The Memorial Cross

    Source: Copyright Mike Coyle

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    Current Location

    Roadside,, Frilford Road, Marcham, Vale Of White Horse, Oxfordshire, OX13 6NS, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SU 45393 96595

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    © WMR-31723

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    31723
    Description
    Three-stepped square base surmounted by a skirted square-sectioned plinth, moulded bolster, octagonal sectioned tapering column & apex-roofed Calvary cross. Incised inscription on plinth faces. 6 o'clock face of Calvary has Crucifix flanked by small reliefs of a soldier & a sailor. 12 o'clock face has a cross flanked by a fern & palm leaf. The whole memorial stands on a two-tiered gravel-topped platform within an enclosed stone walled garden area with a frontal opening to the pavement & road.
    Inscription
    Plinth, 6 o'clock face : TO / THE MEN / WHO DIED FOR/ ENGLAND / 1914 - 1919 9 o'clock face : MARCHAM 12 o'clock face : FRILFORD 3 o'clock face : GARFORD Skirt, 6 o'clock face : 1939 - 1945
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maker(s)
    • CAPTAIN GEORGE HOWARD THOMAS MC, Sculptor

    • MR R C COULSON, Architect

    Sponsor Type
    private
    Maintenance History
    1993 : Stepped base badly weathered & cracked. 2009 : some of the lettering difficult to read due to colour of memorial.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    25 June 1920

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Dedicated

    25 June 1920

    Bishop of Kimberley

    Custodian
    Marcham P.C.

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 24 ft

    Width: 8 ft 10 in

    Depth: 8 ft 1 in


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good