War Memorials, St Johns Church, Sharow, N Yorks, UK
Posted by: bill&ben
N 54° 08.612 W 001° 29.982
30U E 598001 N 6000531
A stone memorial in the nave of the church and two wooden memorials in the porch.
Waymark Code: WMW57H
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/11/2017
Views: 0
The memorial in the nave consists of a curved stone header
surmounting two faux columns. In the centre of the memorial is a stone tablet.
The tablet carries a wreath and the words
To the Glory of God
In proud & ever-living memory of the
men of the Parish of Sharow who
in the Great War 1914 - 1918 laid
down their lives so that those
at home might dwell in safety.
[Names]
Above the tablet
is the inscription in stone
Greater Love hath
no Man
Than this that a Man Lay
Down his Life for his Friend
And in the stone below the inscription
At the going down of
the Sun and in
the morning we will remember them.
The war memorial in the porch is carried on two arched boards,
either side of the porch. Each board has the inscription
RECORD
OF THE MEN
OF THE PARISH OF
SHAROW
WHO SERVED IN AND
SURVIVED
THE GREAT WAR 1914
-1919
[NAMES]