Hardwick War Memorial - Bucks - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

Very weathered and hard to read


1914-1918
To the Glory of God
and in memory
of those who laid down
their lives in the Great War


William G. ABBEY
Lionel ALLEN
Leonard HALSEY
Charles F. HOPCRAFT
Leonard W. HUGHES
Herbert W. JEFFS
Charles JONES
Frederick JONES
Herbert W. MING
William MING
Herbert O. TODD
Musgrave C. WROUGHTON

There is an identical Memorial in Weedon a nearby village.

The churchyard here also contains a grave of the fallen at the Battle of Aylesbury during the English Civil War, fought on 1st November 1642.

In 1818 a significant quantity of remains were unearthed close to the bridge, and identified as the remains of 247 soldiers from both sides of the conflict. At the request of The Right Hon. Lord Nugent, of Lilies,Weedon, the bones were removed to be interred in a common grave at the churchyard at Hardwick.

The tomb carrying a rather poignant inscription upon a tablet. :

"Within are deposited the bones of 247 Persons who were discovered A.D. 1818, buried in a field adjoining to Holman's Bridge, near Aylesbury. From the History and appearances of the place where they were found, they were considered to be the bones of those officers and men who perished in an engagement fought A.D. 1642, between the troops of K. Charles I., under the command of Prince Rupert, and the Garrison who held Aylesbury for the Parliament. Enemies from their attachment to opposite leaders and to opposite Standards, in the sanguinary conflicts of that Civil War, they were together victims to its fury. United in one common slaughter, they were buried in one common grave, close to the spot where they had lately stood in arms against each other. After the lapse of more than a century and a half their bones were collected, and deposited still in consecrated ground. May the memory of brave men be respected, and may our country never again be compelled to take part in a conflict such as that which this tablet records."

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1920 Private or Public Monument?: Government Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Local Authority Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Physical Address of Monument: St Mary's Church Hardwick, Bucks United Kingdom None Rate this waymark: Website for this Monument: Not listed Photo or photos will be uploaded.: Not Listed

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