Harbledown and Rough War Memorial, including steps and gate

The Harbledown and Rough War Memorial was erected in 1920 in the churchyard southeast of the Church of St Michael. This granite memorial features a rough-hewn wheel-headed cross that rises from a plinth on a two-stepped base. The south face of the plinth is recessed and displays the inscription ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN UNFADING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF HARBLEDOWN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914 – 1918/ (27 NAMES)’ in black enamelled lettering. Below this, the base of the plinth reads ‘THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY/ THEIR FELLOW PARISHIONERS’. The east face of the plinth is also recessed and includes the inscription 1939 – 1945 along with the names of those who fell in the Second World War.

The memorial is situated on a tarred and shingled area in the southwest corner of the churchyard, prominently overlooking Church Hill. It is accessed from the road via a set of brick steps that lead up to a timber and ironwork gate, which bears the inscription ‘GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN’.