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Memorial details

Memorial type
Clock or clock tower
District
Milton Keynes
Town
Emberton
County
Buckinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
8188

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Current location

High Street/Olney Road junction
Emberton
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK46 5DH
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 88605 49515
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Victorian clock tower built of stone blocks located in the middle of the village bearing stone tablets. Central tablet has a semi-circular arch and curved stone moulding at top and a laurel wreath enclosing a Latin cross positioned within arch. Three columns of names with incised inscriptions in black for those who served and gold lettering for those who died. Additional tablet positioned immediately below, as well as two smaller tablets with incised inscription on the 9 o'clock face of clock tower.
Inscription
6 o'clock face, central tablet: THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO SERVED IN THE WAR 1914 - 1919/ (Names)/ R.I.P. (Names)/ (Names)/ "Tutored to guide the team, to plough the furrow,/ Fodder the kine and tend the lambs at birth,/ they but rejoiced to feel their work was thorough,/ proud that their simple lives were lives of worth./ rang in their ears the call and lo, a wonder;/ Those whom we knew as breakers of the clod,/ Fined in the furnace, tried by battle-thunder,/ Rose to great deeds and found the face of God./ Ay, though from things held dear, from wife & mother,/ Homestead and harvest-field, they tarried far,/ Love of their England, stronger than all other,/ Lifted their souls through weariments of war./ Now to our arms returning some their story/ Tell of the trench, the charge, the comrade's fall./ Some we behold not: They have passed in glory -/ Glory for those, but honour to them all. G.F.S. 6 o'clock face, smaller tablet: THE PEOPLE OF EMBERTON CONTRIBUTED £770 FOR THE WAR MEMORIAL APPEAL/ OF THE NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL/ TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ "Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge." 9 o'clock face, larger tablet: TIME'S ON THE WING. HOW SWIFT HE SPEEDS HIS WAY,/ HASTENING TO SINK IN ONE CONTINUOUS DAY. PAUSE, PASING TRAVELLER. "WHAT THY DESTINY?"/ WHEN DEATH UNVEILS A VAST ETERNITY./ LIVE THEN TO CHRIST, IN CHRIST ETERNAL GAIN,/ NO CHRIST, NO HOPE; BUT EVERLASTING PAIN. 9 o'clock face, smaller tablet: THIS TOWER WAS RETORED IN 197S/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION AT A COST OF £2,577
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Allsop, C
Allsopp, C
Andrews, F
Andrews, H S
Andrews, W C
Berrill, H
Booth, F W
Bull, W
Cave, F G
Cave, P J
See details for all 75 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 70
    Served and returned: 52
    Died: 18
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename initials, surname, decorations
    Order of information: Alphabetically
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 5
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 5
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, surname
    Order of information: Alphabetically
Components
  • Tower
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Local
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • MEMORIAL CLOCK TOWER
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
History
Clock tower was restored in 1972 at a cost of £2,577
Costs

Comments: The people of Emberton contributed £770 to the war memorial. Total costs of the memorial are not known.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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