Easton On The Hill

• First World War (1914-1918)
  Total names on memorial: 65
  Served and returned: 0
  Died: 65
  Exact count: yes
  Information shown: Rank, initials, surname
  Order of information: Grouped by whether villagers of RAF casualties who died locally, then listed alphabetically by surname
• Second World War (1939-1945)
  Total names on memorial: 8
  Served and returned: 0
  Died: 8
  Exact count: yes
  Information shown: Rank, initials, surname
  Order of information: Listed in descending order or rank on faces 2 and 8 of the lower tier of plaques on the plinth

• Plaques / Panels with names
  Measurements: Undefined
  Materials: Copper
• Memorial
  Measurements: depth 4000 mm, height 6000 mm, width 4000 mm
  Materials: Stone - Clipsham

• WAR MEMORIAL AT THE JUNCTION OF CHURCH STREET AND HIGH STREET
• Grade II
• This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
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• Easton-on-the-Hill Village War Memorial
• WMO ID: 178792
• Condition: Good [last updated on 08-05-2018]
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Comments: Paid for by voluntary public subscription; the Marquis of Exeter donated gravel and stone, and local men (including Harry Jackson and Isaiah Hubbard) voluntarily built the memorial.

• Nottingham Journal Thursday 27/5/1920 reported: 'FIVE BROTHERS FALL. WAR’S HEAVY TOLL IN LINCS. VILLAGE. The exceptionally heavy toll of the war paid by three or four families was disclosed during the unveiling, by the Marquis of Exeter, of a war memorial cross at Easton, a village near Stamford. It appeared that in one instance five brothers had made the supreme sacrifice; in each of two other instances three brothers had fallen, and in another instance two brothers. In addition to the names of 36 men of the village, the memorial bears the names of 27 airmen who were killed while flying, or died, at Easton Royal Air Force aerodrome during 1918. On behalf of the R.A.F. Major Davidson took part the ceremony, and others who spoke were Lieut-Colonel L. H. P. Hart, D.S.O. (commanding the Lincolnshire Territorials) and Brigadier-General Benwell, representing Colonel Lewis, of the Salvation Army, Leicester, whose son’s name appears on the R.A.F. memorial. . The name Lieut. C. L. Smuts (nephew of General Smuts), who was killed in an aeroplane accident at Easton, is also inscribed thereon'. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001897/19200527/088/0003
• The War Memorials Trust's record of the memorial can be found at www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/178792/
• Historic England's record of the Grade II listing of the memorial on 19/6/2007 describes it as a 'memorial of Wittering Pendle and Clipsham stone, designed by Henry Traylen and erected in 1920. Four stepped base surmounted by an octagonal plinth, tapering shaft and cross. Copper plaques are on the sides of the plinth... The war memorial was paid for by public subscription following a meeting in 1919 of all the villagers. The Marquis of Exeter donated gravel and stone and local men offered to build the monument. The memorial was unveiled in 5th May 1920 by the Marquess of Exeter and Major Davidson of the RAF'. Their full description of it can be found at historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1392032
• Stamford Mercury 23/5/1958. A report re a local man having recently won a prize included mention of the memorial's creation: 'THE EASTON NURSE WHO LIKED GIN. THIS war memorial is at Easton-on-the-Hill, and pointing to it with one of two sticks is Mr. Harry Jackson, who won first prize in the Northamptonshire "Memories of a Villager" contest (reported week). Isaiah Hubbard and I built this," he recalled to our photographer - a visible and daily reminder to this 87-year-old of his time as a builder's assistant...' www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000237/19580523/142/0008