Combined War Memorial, Royston, Herts UK
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bill&ben
N 52° 02.892 W 000° 01.274
30U E 704252 N 5770587
An impressive war memorial built into the wall of Trinity and Priory Church in Royston
Waymark Code: WM9ANA
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/23/2010
Views: 4
The memorial is placed in a paved area that is surrounded by a brick and flint wall. In the centre of the wall is a sculpted group in a faux Doric temple with stone panels either side carrying the names of the fallen.
In the centre of the memorial is a sculpted group formed by a typical Tommy and his historic Royston ancestors. The Tommy is in bronze and has a Royston crow by his feet, The ancestors are in white and represent :- a bowman at Agincourt, medieval knight in armour, Royston Scholar Thomas Cartwright, a soldier of George II, and a soldier from Napoleonic times.
The inscriptions read as follows
Top
1914 IN PROUD MEMORY 1918
Below
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 THEIR
NATIVE LAND
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
The memorial was unveiled on 26th March 1922 by Lt Colonel E C M Philips. The architect was Mr P Morley Horder, the masons were Messrs W Whitehead and sons, the sculptor was Mr Clemons, and Messrs Jacklin and Co were the builders.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 03/22/1922
Private or Public Monument?: Other
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Unknown
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
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