Oxfordshire | Great Rollright | War Memorial
| St. Andrew’s, Great Rollright Ordnance Survey reference: SP 327315 War Memorials | Contents |
A grey stone plaque
| THE PARISHIONERS OF GREAT ROLLRIGHT HAVE ERECTED THIS TABLET TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEN OF THE VILLAGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 C. BARRETT, NORTH STAFFORD REGIMENT. H.R. BERRY, ROYAL FUSILIERS. J. BRIDGE, OXFORD AND BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY W.J. CARPENTER, WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT. T. HUDSON, OXFORD AND BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY. A. MOBLEY, OXFORD AND BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY. W. STOWE, KINGS ROOYAL RIFLE CORPS. A.H. TIDMARSH, H.M.S. VANGUARD. P. TIDMARSH, OXFORD AND BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY. “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS” |
A grey stone plaque
| 1939-1945 GEOFFREY TANNER PIONEER CORPS IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE |
A large stone plaque, at the top there is a coat of arms with the moto “NON NOBIS TANTUM NATI”
| TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF ALEXANDER CROSS HALL ONLY SON OF WILLIAM HENRY (BULLOCK) HALL OF SIX MILE BOTTOM CAMBS, & GREAT ROLLRIGHT OXFORDSHIRE DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF FAVELL HELEN HALL AND FATHER OF TWO SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER HE SERVED HIS GOD KING AND COUNTRY IN THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT DURING THE BOER WAR IN 1900 AND IN FRANCE AND AT HOME DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 1918 HE WAS BORN 16TH SEPT 1869 HE DIED 2ND OCT. 1920 HIS BODY RESTS NEAR THIS CHURCH What doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God |
Photographs of the memorials can be seen on Andy Allanson-Parsons’ page HERE
Last modified 11 May 2002