Memorial

Sutton Courtenay

Source: Peter Alhadeff

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Current Location

Village Green, opposite All Saints' Church,, Sutton Courtenay War Memorial, The Green, Sutton Courtenay, Vale Of White Horse, Oxfordshire, OX14 4AE, England

OS Grid Reference

SU 50433 94194

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 31825
Description: Shallow rectangular foundation base incorporating an overhanging weather stone, supporting a large rectangular sectioned tapering plinth, topped with a moulded square sectioned tapering capstone surmounted by a small Latin cross. Incised inscription & name panels within a contoured recessed area on all four plinth faces. As originally built, there was a stone bench round the base, encircled by iron railings. As at 2012, two rows of paving slabs now surround the memorial.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face : IN COMMEMORATION / OF THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / (NAMES) / MISSING / (NAMES) / AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE WAR OF / 1939 -1945 / AND LATER CONFLICTS // 9 o'clock face : SERVED AT HOME / OVERSEAS / (NAMES) // 3 o'clock face : WOUNDED / (NAMES) // 12 o'clock face : SERVED OVERSEAS / (NAMES)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 188
Served: 157
Died: 31
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

War: First World War (1914-1918)

History

Maker(s): COLONEL H E MORGAN LINDSAY CB RE, Designer
MR HENRY COOPER, Builder
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: Stone soft & eroding in places. Original cross was removed many years ago due to safety reasons. It was missing for over forty years. March 2002 : A new cross has been added.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

22 May 1920

MR HERBERT H ASQUITH

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Sutton Courtenay

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Sutton Courtenay

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

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