War Memorial

Date:
27 May 2002
Location:
War Memorial, High Street, Flore, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN7 4LW
Reference:
IOE01/07457/01
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

FLORE HIGH STREET SP6460 (South side) 11/100 War Memorial - II Memorial cross. 1923. Duston stone. Triangular with chamfered corners giving way to hexagonal pinnacle bearing the Military Cross in white marble. At the foor of south side a red granite plaque inscribed with names of those commemorated. At the head of same side a sundial with rising sun above and inscription below: Post Tenebris. Other two sides have crest of the Royal Artillery and arms of the Northamptonshire Regiment. Commemorates those connected with parish who died in World War I. Stepped plinth. Unveiling ceremony performed by Earl Spencer on September 30th 1923. An unusual design inspired by the Eleanor Cross at Geddington.

(Kelly: Directory for Northamptonshire, 1924).

Listing NGR: SP6465760383

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1377 IOE Records taken by Michael E Megeary; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Michael E. Megeary. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Megeary, Michael E.

Rights Holder: Megeary, Michael E.

Keywords

Granite, Marble, Stone, 20th Century Sundial, Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces, Garden Ornament, War Memorial, Commemorative, Commemorative Monument