Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Vale Of White Horse
- Town
- Longworth
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 18 July 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Dedicated
Date: 18 July 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31718
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Current location
St. Mary's Churchyard
Church Lane
Longworth
Vale Of White Horse
Oxfordshire
OX13 5DY
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 38405 99469
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Two-stepped hexagonal base surmounted by an overhanging platformed topped, hexagonal plinth, hexagonal skirted, tapering shaft, moulded hexagonal entablature (boss) and decorative terminal-armed cross. Inscription and names incised onto six recessed stone panels around sides of plinth. Small Sword of Sacrifice on both centres of cross.
- Inscription
- Panel 1 : 1914 - 1918 / TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN / GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE Panel 2 : 1914 - 1918 / (5 NAMES) Panel 3 : (8 NAMES) Panel 5 : (8 NAMES) Panel 6 : (9 NAMES) Panel 4 : 1939 - 1945 / (6 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Batts, Arthur
Brooks, C. Robert
Brooks, Lewis
Broughton, Bert
Broughton, Charles H
Carr, Angus M. D.
Carter, Edward
Drayton, Thomas
Fitzwilliams, John K L
Fitzwilliams-hyde, Anthony J.
See details for all 36 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 30
Served and returned: 0
Died: 30
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 4200 mm
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- 1992 : Restored with new panels for WW1 names at 12 o'clock and 3 o'clock faces. c2011 : Memorial reported to lean 3.7 degrees from the vertical.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- www.readtheirstories.com/
- www.longworth-history.org.uk/villages-at-war/parishes/longworth-memorials.html accessed 1 September 2021
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