HARGRAVE WAR MEMORIAL



St. Edmund's, Hargrave


Inside the church of St.Edmund's Hargrave, on the wall, is a white marble plaque 50 cm high x 75 cm wide on a black marble back board. The plaque has a laurel wreath with crossed flag poles bearing banners above the names. The inscription reads:-
REMEMBER THE MEN OF HARGRAVE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
then the forenames and surnames of nine men in alphabetical order.
followed by
"THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD".


The memorial was unveiled on the 20th March 1921 and dedicated by Rev. Canon R.F. Wilson of St.Edmunds.

immediately below is a smaller grey marble tablet bearing the inscription "THE 1939-1945 WAR" and four names

In addition there is a bus shelter that was erected as a memorial for the 1939-1945 war

This shelter was built by Mr Frederick Hunt, unveiled on 11th November 1949 by Major General R.H.Dewin and dedicated by Rev J.D.Sayer (Rector of Whepstead) and Rev. G.Rushden (local Methodist Minister)

The following note comes from the I.W.M. Memorial Register
In the years following the memorial's construction there were various instances in which the windows were broken. In the 1960s the shelter was almost completely demolished following a road accident and had to be rebuilt. Vandalism continued in the 1970s; the windows were broken, the plaque had disappeared, and graffiti in the form of spray paint covered the inside of the shelter. The windows were later bricked in and Mr Ron Smart, a former soldier, agreed to regularly sweep the shelter. The plaque was eventually found in a ditch and left in a farm building across from the shelter where it was once again forgotten and left for 12 years. When found in 1986 the plaque was restored and rehung in the shelter.

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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
We will remember them.