Memorial

Steventon

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Current Location

Corner of Hanney Road & High Street,, Steventon War Memorial, Hanney Road, Steventon, Vale Of White Horse, Oxfordshire, OX13 6AQ, England

SU 47143 91984

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 31817
Description: Octagonal foundation step followed by a two-stepped octagonal base surmounted by an octagonal sectioned plinth incorporating a skirt & moulded-edged, overhanging platform top, above which is a bolster, octagonal sectioned tapering shaft, boss & wheel cross. Inscriptions & names on side faces of plinth. The whole memorial stands within a partially hard surfaced garden area, enclosed by a metal railing fence & gate to the pavement.
Inscription: 6 o'clock plinth face, (side 1) : TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING / GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO FROM / THIS PARISH / GAVE THEIR LIVES / SO NOBLY FOR KING / AND COUNTRY AND / HOME IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 Side 2 : (8 WW1 NAMES) 9 o'clock plinth face, (side 3) : (9 WW1 NAMES) Side 4 : (4 WW2 NAMES) 12 o'clock plinth face, (side 5) : ALSO THEIR/ BROTHERS OF/ 1939 - 1945/ WITH PROUD/ THANKSGIVING/ WE/ REMEMBER THEM Side 6 : (4 WW2 NAMES) 3 o'clock plinth face, (side 7) : (8 WW1 NAMES) Side 8 (8 WW1 NAMES) Plaque on lower step : THIS MEMORIAL ORIGINALLY / DEDICATED ON 25 JANUARY 1920 / WAS IN 1972 STRENGTHENED AND CLEANED AS A CONTINUED / TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHOSE / SACRIFICE IT HONOURS

Dedicated

25th January 1920

Archdeacon of Oxford