Arden Family War Memorial

A war memorial of unknown date.

MATERIALS: constructed of sandstone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a Calvary cross on a chamfered shaft surmounting a moulded plinth on a two-stepped base. A stone tablet is set into the east face of the plinth and bears a metal roundel with a coat of arms, underneath which is the incised inscription: IN THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD/ FOR THE/ BEAUTIFUL LIFE AND GLORIOUS DEATH/ OF HUMPHREY WARWICK ARDEN BA CANTAB/ FO, ORCA/ KILLED AT MESSINES JUNE 6 1917 AGED 25/ LAID TO REST AT BAILLEUL FRANCE/ SED MILES SED PRO PATRIA/ RIP.

A stone tablet set into the south face of the plinth reads BELOW LIE THE ASHES OF/ WILLIAM HENRY PERCIVAL ARDEN PRIEST/ (YOUNGEST SON OF/ GEORGE PINKARD ARDEN/ OF LONGCROFT HALL)/ WHO DIED 23 FEBRUARY 1956 AGED 93/ ALSO THE ASHES OF HIS WIFE/ EMILY BEATRICE/ (YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF THE REV JD LOWE/ SOMETIME RECTOR OF YOXALL)/ WHO DIED 23 MARCH 1956 AGED 88/ THEY ERECTED THIS CALVARY IN MEMORY/ OF THEIR ONLY SURVIVING CHILD/ HUMPHREY WARWICK ARDEN.

A tablet set into the west face of the plinth bears a metal roundel, underneath which is the incised inscription SON AND ONLY SURVIVING CHILD/ OF THE REV/ WILLIAM HENRY PERCIVAL ARDEN/ AND EMILY BEATRICE HIS WIFE/ GRANDSON OF GP ARDEN ESQ/ OF LONGCROFT HALL/ AND OF THE REV JB LOWE DD/ SOMETIME RECTOR OF THIS PARISH.