Appleton War Memorial

From the website of United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials it is recorded that the Appleton War Memorial was unveiled at a ceremony on 2nd April 1921 by Lt Col JN Aldworth with a dedication by the Archdeacon of Oxford**. It is descibed as "Cross of Portland stone and 13 feet high and a base of York stone". The "Physical description is: small wheel cross with octagonal shaft, square plinth and two stepped octagonal base." The Ordnance Survey reference is SP 445 014. The designer was Rev FCR Jourdain and the builder Mr AE Lock.

**The "Archdeacon" was Bishop Edward Domett Shaw, Bishop of Buckingham from 1914 to 1921 and the Grandfather of Park Lane resident, Roger Gilkes! Details of Bishop Shaw can be found at link Bishop Shaw 

Appleton War Memorial following cleaning: October 2010

Facing Village Hall:

C BARNETT, J HACKNER, FH BROWN, WJ ROBINS, W STIMPSON, H WILLIAMS and on section below: TO THE MEMORY OF JS ROWELL, H WELLS: 1939 - 1945 and a flat stone at the front of the War Memorial with the inscription: PLACED HERE ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR TO HONOUR ALL WHO SACRIFICED TO BRING PEACE TO OUR LAND

Facing Doctor's Lane (otherwise known as Green Lane):

J DAY, CVC TRINDER, OW BUCKINGHAM, CEA TRINDER, HJ CARTER and on section below THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH

Facing back (Appleton House):

AJ PAYNE, RT HEWER, G BENNETT, RA KETTLE, PG BROWN and on the section below WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR and

Facing Netherton Road:

A ENOCH, FW COX, TE NEWMAN, E HARPER, F WHITE and on the section below 1914 + 1918

 

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