Memorial

Men Of Royston

Memorial

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Current Location

St John the Baptist Church, 16, Melbourn Street, Royston, North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, SG8 7BX, England

TL 35787 40709

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast group
WMR Reference Number: 62
Description: SCULPTURED CAST GROUP PLACED IN THE CENTRE OF THE MEMORIAL AND FLANKED BY A TALL FLINT AND BRICK WALL. NAMES ON WHITE STONE TABLETS FLANKING THE SCULPTURED GROUP. SCULTURED GROUP IS FORMED BY A TYPICAL TOMMY ACCOMPANIED BY THE SHADES OF ROYSTON ANCESTORS WHO HAVE DONE THEIR BIT ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND ELSEWHERE. THE ANCESTORS ARE IN WHITE STONE AND THE TOMMY IN BRONZE. FIGURES ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT, BOWMAN OF AGINCOURT, MEDIEVAL KNIGHT IN ARMOUR. STANDING AT THE CENTRE OF THEM IS THE FAMOUS ELIZABETHAN ROYSTON SCHOLAR, THOMAS CARTWRIGHT. ON HIS LEFT IS A STURDY AND SERIOUS MINDED IRONSIDE WHO CAMPED AT THRIPLOW HEATH, A SOLDIER OF GEORGE II AND FINALLY A SOLDIER FROM NAPOLEONIC TIMES. ROYSTON CROW STANDS IN THE FOREGROUND NEXT TO THE TOMMY
Inscription: CENTRE: 1914 IN PROUD MEMORY 1918/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ ROYSTON/ WHO AT THE CALL OF DUTY LEFT ALL THAT WAS/ DEAR TO THEM TO FIGHT FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ THEY ENDURED HARDSHIP FACED DANGER SUFFERED/ PAIN AND BY THE SACRIFICE OF THEIR LIVES/ BROUGHT VICTORY PEACE AND FREEDOM TO THIER/ NATIVE LAND/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS LEFT AND RIGHT HAND TABLETS: (NAMES)

Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: By 10 March 1920 £1157 16s. 10d. had been collected.
Maintenance History: 2 August 2001 Grade II listed. 2004: Repairs to the memorial were carried out in May following the award of an English Heritage War Memorial Grant. Other local groups contributed to the cost Memorials is Grade II listed