Harthill War Memorial

War Memorial commemorating the fallen of the First and Second World Wars. 1920 to designs by John Douglas Webster with sculpture by Frank Tory and Sons.

MATERIALS: Portland stone cross, limestone kerb and cast iron railings, stone plaques.

PLAN: cross set on a high, octagonal pedestal raised on three octagonal steps, enclosed in a square enclosure.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands in front of the high rectory wall on the east side of Union Street, running north-south through the village. A floriated Latin cross is set on a high, octagonal shaft with two upper, relief-carved floriate bands and a deep base band of relief-carved tracery with a moulded plinth standing on an octagonal pedestal of relief-carved tracery with moulded cap and plinth, on three octagonal steps.

The cross stands in a square, flagged enclosure with a shaped, stone kerb on three sides topped by low, cast-iron railings with a gate on the right-hand side, the fourth side formed by the rectory wall to the rear. Mounted on the wall beneath a stone hoodmould are two stone plaques with incised inscriptions set in stone frames. The top plaque is inscribed TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE HARTHILL MEN / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR 1914-19 /THIS CROSS WAS DEDICATED / BY THEIR FELLOW PARISHIONERS / rank, initials and surnames, regiments / R.I.P. The smaller, lower plaque is inscribed 1939-1945 / initials and surnames.