Memorial

Summertown

Summerton WW1 names (1)

Source: Copyright John Hendry

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Current Location

In the garden at front of the Church Hall,, St. Michael's Church Hall, Portland Road, off Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 7EZ, England

OS Grid Reference

SP 50742 09329

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 32067
Description: Three-stepped octagonal base with the uppermost step being platform-topped, all surmounted by a skirted octagonal sectioned plinth, octagonal bolster and eight-sided tapering shaft with integral cross. Incised inscriptions on front and rear faces of plinth. Metal Sword of Sacrifice on road facing side of cross. The whole memorial stands within an enclosed lawn garden in the grounds of the Church Hall.
Inscription: Plinth face 1 : IN PROUD / AND GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF / SUMMERTOWN WHO / NOBLY GAVE THEIR / LIVES FOR KING / COUNTRY AND / RIGHTEOUSNESS / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / 1939 - 1945 Plinth face 5 : IN THE WAY / OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / IS LIFE / AND IN / THE PATHWAY / THEREOF / THERE IS NO / DEATH

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

History

Maker(s): Messrs Boulton & Paul Ltd of Norwich., Architect
Sponsor Type: private
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Alderman Francis Twining gave £500 to purchase the site that both the Summertown Church Hall and the cross are built upon.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

1921

General Sir Arthur Phayre, KCB.

Dedicated

5th. October 1921

Bishop Shaw, Archdeacon of Oxford.

Conservation

Components

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1438950