Memorial Cross - Newmillerdam, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 38.280 W 001° 29.886
30U E 599298 N 5944295
A cross of sacrifice originally erected after WWI and then amended to add names for WWII.
Waymark Code: WM17E99
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/05/2023
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According to this
local website "The village war memorial was built in 1919 to commemorate those who had served in World War one. The architect, W H Watson offered to design and supervise the building of the monument free of charge. Right up to the beginning of World War two, Mr. Watson and his son used to fire a canon on the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve to inform the villagers that a new year was starting. After the war the practice had to stop because they were not able to obtain the necessary licence needed for both the cannon and the gunpowder.
Mr. Watson's son Bree continued to live nearby until his death in the Summer of 2010 aged 101. Remembrance services are still observed by the community, with additional wreaths donated by Crigglestone Parish Council."
The memorial is in the form of a large stone octagonal cross of a sacrifice with a relief carving of a sword on the shaft of the cross that stands on a stone octagonal base.
There is a WWI plaque on the base.
1914 - 1918
MORTUI HIC PRO PATRIA
SEG. LIEUT BRAMALD
SGT. MAJ. CHARLES DARWENT
SGT. HARRY WARWICK
CPL. WRAY WALLS
L.CPL. WALTER COLLEY
PTE. WALTER BROOK
PTE. EDDIE CALVERT
PTE. THOMAS A. COLE
PTE. ALFRED COLLEY
PTE. TOM DEPLEDGE
PTE. GEORGE GRICE
PTE. ROBERT HAYRE
PTE ROBERT HAYES
PTE. TOM LAISTER
PTE. TOM MARSDEN
PTE. ARTHUR MAWSON
PTE. BROOKE SMITH
PTE. HAROLD R. SYKES
PTE. JAMES TAYLOR
PTE. WILLIAM THOMPSON
PTE. ROWLAND WILLIAMS
The Latin phrase 'MORTUI HIC PRO PATRIA' translates to 'Those from here who died for their country'
The WWII plaque
1939 - 1945
F/O C. BEATSON
SGT. G. DAWSON
P.O. T. LINFORD
F/S J. MELLOR
PTE. G. A. WHITE
THEIR NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE
"'Their name liveth for evermore' is a phrase from the King James Version of the Bible, forming the second half of a line in Ecclesiasticus or Sirach, chapter 44, verse 14, widely inscribed on war memorials since the First World War."
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