Memorial
Padworth
Current Location
Adjacent to Lychgate, St John The Baptist Churchyard, Sopers Lane, Padworth, Newbury, Berkshire, RG7 4NP, England
OS Grid Reference
SU 61351 66124
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 9083
- Description
- Memorial constructed from rough-hewn stone, comprising a single-stepped rectangular base surmounted by a tapering rectangular sectioned plinth and tapering rectangular shaft with integrated wheel cross. Pinned-lead lettering form the inscriptions and names text on smoothened areas of plinth faces. At the base of the memorial is an additional angled face stone bearing one name from the Second World War.
- Inscription
- North face: TO OUR / EMPIRE'S / GLORIOUS DEAD // South face; IN MEMORY OF THE MEN / OF PADWORTH / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / (10 NAMES) // Separate stone at base of memorial, south side: KENNETH BRIMLEY / WORLD WAR II / 1939 -1945
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 10
- Died
- 10
- Information shown
- Forename, initial, surname
- Order of names
- Listed alphabetical by surname
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Forename, surname
- Order of names
- Forename, surname
Components
- Cross
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- Lettering
Made from: Lead
Condition: Good
- Stone of remembrance
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good