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    Memorial

    Snitterfield Cross WW1 + WW2

    Snitterfield Cross

    Source: Copyright David Austin

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    Current Location

    Opposite White Horse Hill junction,, Kings Lane, Snitterfield, Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 0QB, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 21669 59376

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    38527
    Description
    Four-stepped square base surmounted by an octagonal sectioned plinth with base & top mouldings. Rising from the plinth is a tall, slightly tapering, octagonal sectioned Latin cross with bronze sword attached to front face. Inscription & names on bronze plaques on sides of plinth. The whole memorial stands on a raised grassed area, accessed by three steps from the roadside.
    Inscription
    6 o'clock face & two adjacent faces : IN GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF / SNITTERFIELD / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES) / THEIR NAME / LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE 12 o'clock face : TO / THOSE WHO FELL IN / WORLD WAR II / 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES) / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / "THEIR'S THE GLORY"
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    35
    Died
    35
    Information shown
    rank,forename, surname
    Order of names
    rank, suranme, forename
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    7
    Died
    7
    Information shown
    surname,rank,forename
    Order of names
    rank
    Maker(s)
    • Mr Guy Pemberton, Lic. R.I.B.A. (Designer of the Cross), Designer

    • Mr Taylorof Bridge Foot (Stone work), Mason

    • Messrs Frayley, Ltd, of Birmingham (Metal work), Makers

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    15th August 1920

    Colonel Granville

    Dedicated

    15th August 1920

    Rev. T. B. Angold (Vicar) and Rev. R. W. Rudgard

    Unveiled

    6th June 1948

    Mrs E. Thornett, widow of Private Frank Thornett

    Rededicated

    6th June 1948

    Rev. A. Pelham Burton (Vicar)

    Components

    Cross

    Height: c 5500 mm

    Width: c 3000 mm

    Depth: c 3000 mm


    Made from: Stone - Hollington


    Condition: Good


    Steps

    Made from: Stone - Hornton



    Cross

    Height: 22 feet


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Unknown


    • Stratford-upon-Avon Herald - Friday 11 June 1948 Page 8 Snitterfield War Memorial REDEDICATED AFTER FALL DAMAGE The war memorial which stands just outside the village of Snitterficld, on an eminence from which a glorious view across the valley of the Avon can be obtained, was blown down in the great gale in the spring of last year. It has now been rebuilt, and the unveiling and rededication ceremony took place on Sunday evening. ---
    • Stratford-upon-Avon Herald - Friday 20 August 1920 Page 2 SNITTERFIELD WAR MEMORIAL. SIR GEORGE TREVELYAN'S MESSAGE. ---