Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross - St Andrew - Hambleton, Rutland - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross commemorating residents of Hambleton who were killed or missing in the First World War (8 names) and the Second World War (2 names). It consists of a two-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned tapering plinth with a rectangular sectioned tapering pillar, capital and Clipsham stone cross. Incised inscriptions are on three sides of the plinth.

Inscription -
Side 1 :
THE GLORIOUS DEAD
1914-1918
R.I.P.
Side 2 :
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
FROM HAMBLETON WHO, FIGHTING
FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN
THE WAR FOR THE WORLD'S
FREEDOM, PASSED THROUGH THE
VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH
AND REACHED THE LIFE BEYOND.
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
Side 3 :
(NAMES)

Names on memorial -

ASHWORTH Leonard Temple
BAINES George
BAINES Herbert
HIBBITT Alfred
HIGGINS Percy
PAWLETT John Thomas
PAWLETT Samuel
PRESTON Albert Edward

On the memorial, Samuel Pawlett has one of the more unusual stories of Rutland men who served and died - (visit link)

Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Not known Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: St Andrew Ketton Road Hambleton, Rutland England LE15 8TH Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed

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