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Blackmoor Church Cloisters, Drinking Fountain and Cross

Blackmoor cross and cloister

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 11 August 2016

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Between St Mathews Church and the Old School, Blackmoor, East Hampshire, Hampshire, GU33 6BW, England

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SU 78001 33588

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 48443
Description: BRICK THREE SIDED CLOISTER. CLOISTER ARCHES OF WOOD HOLDING UP A TILED ROOF. COMMEMORATIVE METAL PLAQUES PLACED ON INSIDE WALLS. CENTRE PLAQUE IN FORM OF A NICHE FORMING A WALL FOUNTAIN WITH LIONS'S MOUTH AS WATER SPOU . FLANKED BY TWO NOWY HEADED PLAQUES - 'WAR' AND 'PEACE' WITH EMBOSSED TREE WITHIN EACH ARCH. TWO OUTER WWI PLAQUES ARE SQUARE. WW2 PLAQUE IS ANOTHER NOWY-HEADED ARCH. IN THE CENTRE OF THE CLOISTER IS A STONE WHEEL CROSS ON A TAPERED COLUMN AND PLINTH SET ON A THREE-STEP HEXAGONAL BASE. SMALL SCALE DECORATIVE STONE CARVING AROUND BASE OF CROSS AND BASE OF COLUMN. ADDITIONAL PLAQUE WITH FURTHER NAMES FOR WWI AND WWII ADDED IN THE SAME NOWY-HEADED DESIGN AND ALSO INSET INTO BRICK ARCH.
Inscription: (Plaques from left to right) PLAQUE 1: REMEMBER CHILDREN/ THE GLORY AND THE/ SADNESS OF WAR/ THE COURAGE OF THE/ MEN & THE SORROW/ AND SUFFERING/ OF ALL THE/ PEOPLE PLAQUE 2: WAR/ IN THE HAND OF THE/ LORD THERE IS A CUP &/ THE WINE IS RED IT IS/ FULL MIXED AND HE/ POURETH OUT OF THE/ SAME AS FOR THE DREGS/ THEREOF ALL THE UNGODLY OF/ THE EARTH SHALL DRINK/ THEM AND LAP THEM UP PLAQUE 3: CHILDREN REMEMBER THE NAMES OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS VILLAGE WHO FEARLESSLY GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WAR OF 1914-1918/ (Names) PLAQUE 4: PEACE/ BLESSED ARE THE PEACE/ MAKERS FOR THEY SHALL/ BE CALLED THE CHILDREN/ OF GOD. ACCOUNT NOW/ BY SELF WITH GOD/ BE AT PEACE THEREBY/ GOOD SHALL COME UNTO THEE/ THERE IS NO PEACE SAITH/ MY GOD TO THE WICKED PLAQUE 5: IN MEMORY OF/ ROBERT STAFFORD/ ARTHUR PALMER/ KILLED IN BATTLE HIS/ PARENTS HAVE CAUSED/ THIS CLOISTER AND FOUNTAIN TO/ BE MADE PLAQUE 6: 1939-1945/ ALSO/ IN SACRED MEMORY/ OF THOSE MEN FROM/ BLACKMOOR WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ (Names)/ GREATER LOVE HATH/ NO MAN THAN THIS PLAQUE 7: IN SACRED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM/ THIS PARISH WHO ALSO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ TWO WORLD WARS/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM BASE OF CROSS: TRUELY THERE IS A GOD THAT JUDGETH THE EARTH

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 42
Died: 42
Information shown: rank
Order of names: service, rank
Additional Information: names are inscribed on 3 panels

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Blackmoor Church Cloisters, Drinking Fountain and Cross

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