"SIX MILE BOTTOM WAR MEMORIAL"

To the eternal memory of the men of SIX MILE BOTTOM who died in the service of their country
Sixteen in the Great War of 1914-1919


Six Mile Bottom war memorial is on the grass verge between the playing field and the A1304 London Road. It was unveiled in 1924. The memorial takes the form of a rough hewn Latin cross bearing a sword, upon a rounded plinth on a square granite base all within a low granite post and chain fence. The proximity to the road means that together with the effect of over hanging trees the lead lettering is quickly rendered unreadable. This nearness to the road led to the memorial being demolished in 2003 by a car. The memorial was re-constructed on the same spot.

Looking at the postcard it appears that C.BISHOP was added after the initial unveiling.

The inscription on the plinth reads :-

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF SIX MILE
BOTTOM WHO FELL IN THE WAR
1914-1918

then in two columns the surnames and initials of the men
BRASNETT A.POTTER M.H.
BRASNETT W.E..POTTER A.F.
CLAYDON H.C.F.PLUMB F.J.
CLARKE H.S.TAYLOR H.A.
CRISPIN J.WEBB A.
GRAINGER T.WOODS F.
GRASS P.WATTS G.
LAWRENSON H.C.BISHOP C.

There are no further memorials within the church, which did not even exist until the 1930's.

After the car hit it in 2003

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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.