Harpole Combined War Memorial- Northants
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
N 52° 14.550 W 000° 59.394
30U E 637240 N 5789913
The simple cross design on a stepped plinth sits in the corner of the churchyard of All Saints Church , on the raised ground above the village High Street.
Waymark Code: WM84N5
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/27/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 2

It is a combined memorial with the following inscription:

'TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE SACRED AND LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS VILLAGE WHO IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE'


Pte John BAKER
Arthur BAKER
Cpl James BOYES
Lcp Charles BOYES
Pte Joseph R BOYES
Lcpl Harry BURT
Pte L. Frank BURT
Lcpl George BOTTERILL
Pte Frederick COOK
Pte Henry DUNMORE
Gnr Walter FAULKNER
Pte Leonard FAULKNER
Pte Edwin FROST
Gnr Arthur HANCOCK
Pte James HAYNES
Pte Horace HAYNES
Pte Frank HINES
Pte William C KIRBY
Pte Charles A LAWRENCE
Pte Alfred W LUCKETT
Pte John LEESON
Pte George LEESON
Pte John MARRIOTT
Pte Frederick E.V. PAINE
Pte Walter RUSSELL
Pte Harry ROBINS
Pte Alfred T SMITH
Pte Joseph C SMITH
Pte George SMITH
Pte Frederick H STARMER
Gnr Arthur R STARMER
Pte F.Wilfred SURRIDGE
Scr Ernest G SWAN
Pte Frank H TERLAND
Pte A Ernest WILLIAMS
Pte George WHITEHEAD
Pte S Robert WELLS
Lcpl Albert BILLINGHAM

Further names have been added to a metal plaque attached to the cross
THESE MEN ALSO FELL DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
Clement Cottrell Dormer D.S.O Lt.
Charles M Cottrell Dormer Lt.
Gerald V Oldrey Lt.
Robert J B Oldrey Capt.
James W Watson Pte
Owen E Osborne Pte
Lewis F Starmer Pte
Arthur Wickins

On a small Marble memorial placed in front of the cross
IN MEMORY OF
L/Cpl Roy F FROST
died in India August 10TH 1945
Aged 20 Years
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:
All Saints Church
Harpole, Northant's United Kingdom
None


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