Combined War Memorial - Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Graveley, Hertfordshire. SG4 7LY - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

This is a Parish church, grade I listed, with nave C12th Norman; chancel enlarged from smaller semi-circular aspidal form in the early C13th ( some original Norman work can be seen in the western part of the Chancel ); west tower c1480; nave heightened and re-roofed in C15th; south porch probably C18th; north aisle, north vestry and general restoration 1887. Built of flint rubble with stone dressings, the steep old red tile roofs, pyramidal to the tower topped by lead covered standing cross with octagonal tapered shaft. Low pitched lead roof to the nave. This is a small parish church of a much shrunken village. Long rectangular chancel, taller nave with added north aisle and gabled north-east vestry, gabled south porch, tall west tower with crenellated parapet and diagonal buttresses at the west angles.

The War Memorial is on the north wall of the north aisle between the two windows and consists of a black marble panel with two white marble panels to commemorate the names of the fallen inscibed into the marble and coloured black, the upper from WWI and the lower from WWII. Above the WWI plaque is a ribbon scroll with the IHS icon in olive branch wreath.

The WWI plaque carries the main dedication as follows:

                                          TO THE GLORY OF GOD
                          AND IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
                                WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY
                                       IN THE GREAT WAT 1914 – 1919
                                              ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
                      Corporal H.Lawson,		1st Canadian Mounted Rifles.
                      Pte.A.Britton,			4th Beds Regt.
                      Pte.G.Fairey,			Shropshire Light Infantry.
                      Pte.C.Lee,			14th Hants Regt.
                      Pte.L.Negus,			12th Middlesex Regt.
                      Pte.H.Redd,			2nd London Regt.
                      Pte.J.W.Bracey,		        2/17th London Regt.
                                              ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
                      THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

The WWII plaque below carries a dedication and the names of nine parishioners who died:

                                ALSO IN GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY OF
                  THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE DURINTHE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945.

                      Corporal  E.J.Beale.		Royal Army Corps.
                      Sapper  W.Biram.			Royal Engineers.
                      Private  C.H.Burgh.		Essex Regiment.
                      Gunner  A.C.Coake.		Royal Artillery.
                      Gunner  N.D.Cox			Royal Artillery.
                      Corporal  F.R.Hare.		Royal Isish Fusiliers.
                      Lance Corporal  K.A.Partridge.	Royal Corps of Signals.
                      Sapper  G.Pratt.			Australian Imperial Force.
                      Private  A.Sapsed.		Beds and Herts Regimment.

Words variously from British Listed Buildings, Pevsner's Hertfordshire Buildings, amended and added to with own on-site observations.

Co-ordinates are for the south porch.

Private or Public Monument?: Other Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: St.Mary, Graveley Parochial Church Council Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Physical Address of Monument: Church of St Mary Church Lane Graveley, Hertfordshire UK SG4 7LY Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed Website for this Monument: Not listed

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