Hindon - St Johns Church - Wiltshire
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Norfolk12
N 51° 05.736 W 002° 07.824
30U E 560893 N 5660815
The war memorial by the West door of the Church of St John commemorating men from the village who died in the two World Wars, was originally sited at the crossroads, but was knocked over by a tank in 1942 and later moved to its present position.
Waymark Code: WM8N5Z
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/22/2010
Views: 1
Inscription:
THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE
MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
AND THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
"ENDURED HARDNESS FACED
DANGER AND FINALLY PASSED
OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY
THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF
SACRIFICE GIVING UP THEIR
OWN LIFES THAT OTHERS
MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM"
THE NAMES ARE LISTED BY THE DATE THEY DIED
1914
ALBERT WILLIAM PHILLIPS
FRANCES GEORGE WILSON
1915
GEORGE BURT
EDWARD HIBBERD
1916
GEORGE HOWARD DOUGHTY
WILLIAM GEORGE HOLLOWAY
OLIVER SNOOKE
STEWART STEVENS
1917
EDWARD LUCAS BAKER
CHARLES BECKETT
HENRY WILLIAM COOL
WILLIAM GEORGE DUKES
CHARLES GOODFELLOW
SIDNEY GEORGE PHILLIPS
1918
JOHN COLE
LEWIS VINCENT
1919
CECIL KING INGRAM +
FREDERICK HENRY G SNOOK
1920
ARTHUR FRANK STEVENS +
1939- 1945
GEORGE ALBERT EDGAR SANDY
DENNIS LESLIE SMALL +
GEORGE EDMUND WILSON
+ BURIED IN THE CHURCH GROUNDS
Hindon is a borough 16 miles West of Salisbury, 7 miles South of Warminster, in Wiltshire.
THERE IS ALSO
A ROLL OF HONOUR INSIDE THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH.
WHICH LIST'S THE FALLEN AS WELL AS THOSE THAT SERVED AND SAFELY RETURNED.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1920
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Local Authority
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Physical Address of Monument:
St Johns Church
High Street
Hindon, Wiltshire United Kingdom
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