Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- South Oxfordshire
- Town
- Garsington
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26 March 1922
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Dedicated
Date: 26 March 1922
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31468
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Current location
The Hill / The Green
Garsington
South Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
OX44 9DG
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 58080 02345
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- STONE CROSS WITH GABLED ROOF. CROSS SURMOUNTS OCTAGONAL TAPERING COLUMN SURMOUNTING SQUARE-SET STONE PEDESTAL. THREE-STEPPED OCTAGONAL BASE. THE WHOLE IS SURROUNDED BY IRON RAILINGS.
- Inscription
- 12 O'clock face: IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND THOSE WHO FELL/ 1914 - 1919/ AND THE SECOND GREAT WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names) 9 O'clock face: (Names) 6 O'clock face: NINETY SIX MEN WENT/ FORTH FROM THIS PARISH/ OF WHOM 14, THEIR/ NAMES ON THIS STONE,/ GAVE THEIR LIVES./ BRAVELY THEY FOUGHT BRAVELY FELL/ FORGET THEM NOT. 3 O'clock face: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Chennell, Philip Bowen
Clinkard, Harold
Druce, Harold Thomas
Druce, Harry Lionel
Druce, William James Aaron
Gidney, Nigel Arthur
Gomersall, Royston
Goode, Harry
Hillsdon, Henry
Johnson, John Henry
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
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
- Garsington War Memorial
- WMO ID: 255151
- Condition: Good [last updated on 27-11-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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