Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross - Stocks Hill - Silverstone, Northamptonshire - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross on Stocks Hill, Silverstone.

A two-stepped octagonal base surmounted by a square sectioned plinth with an octagonal pillar and elaborate floriated wheel cross. There is an additional angled stone tablet on lower step of base, dedicated to Second World War. Incised inscriptions on inset side panels of the plinth, also the base tablet.

Inscription -

Plinth, 6 o'clock face : THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED/ TO THE GLORY AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE TWENTY FIVE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO FOUGHT BRAVELY AND DIED NOBLY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR, 1914 - 1919./ ALSO AN APPRECIATION OF THE SPLENDID/ SERVICES OF THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN/ THEIR PART IN THE GREAT STRUGGLE,/ HAVE RETURNED TO THEIR HOME AND FRIENDS/ PASS NOT THIS STONE IN SORROW BUT IN PRIDE/ AND MAY WE LIVE AS NOBLY AS WE DIED

Plinth, 3 and 9 o'clock faces : (Names)

Plinth, 12 o'clock face : TO COMMEMORATE THE GIFT/ BY THE PEOPLE OF SILVERSTONE/ TO THE WAR MEMORIAL APPEAL OF/ THE NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL/ WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ "SWEET MERCY IS NOBILITY'S TRUE BADGE"

Tablet : ALSO IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE/ OF THIS VILLAGE WHO FELL IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (4 Names)

Names on memorial -

Adams, John
Adams, John A.
Chapman, Frank
Davis, Edward
Davis, Sydney
Dudley, Albert
Farey, Arthur
Harris, Jack
Heritage, Stanley
Higham, Percy
Hinton, Joseph
Linnell, Fred
Lovell, Tom
Lovell, Thomas
Osborne, Charles
Richardson, Thomas
Roberts, Forester
Roberts, Septimus
Roberts, Tom
Rush, Fred
Rush, Jack
Spencer, William
Timms, John
Varney, George
Warman, Arthur
Webb, George
Whitlock, James
Whitlock, John
Wootton, Fred

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: Roadside Stocks Hill Silverstone, Northamptonshire England NN12 8UW Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
New logs to this waymark must contain at least one photo of the monument with your GPS in the shot as proof of your visit. No old vacation photos please. You must have taken a picture while seeking this waymark. Logs that don't meet the photo requirement will be archived.

Recent Visits/Logs:

There are no logs for this waymark yet.