Harbury War Memorial

The memorial stands on a grass verge adjacent to the churchyard wall in Crown Street. It comprises a granite wheel-head cross set on a square, tapered, plinth. That stands on a base of three rectangular steps, the upper two of which are granite. The whole stands on a rectangular concrete slab. The memorial is approximately 3m in height.

The eastern face of the plinth bears a bronze plaque with the inscription SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO MADE/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919./ (33 NAMES). On the northern face of the plinth a bronze plaque bears the inscription IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (10 NAMES). The eastern riser of the top step carries an inscription of painted metal letters that reads “MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY/ SAINTS IN GLORY EVERLASTING.” The northern riser of the top step carries an inscription of painted metal letters reading THEY ARE NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPING, AND/ THEIR NOBLE DEEDS WILL LIVE FOREVER.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 17 January 2017.