Foster Harter Family and Men of Salperton

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Reference WMO/103054

Address:

Hampen Road

Junction with Salperton Road

Salperton

GL54 4LE

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Other cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A wooden, gabled, intrically carved crucifix cross set on a square granite plinth with angled top corners, crest and smooth, inset front face showing dedication and standing on a 3 step base. It is set in a dry stone, walled enclosure with ornamental, cast iron gates having a dedication in raised gold lettering on its cross bars plus roundels of wreath with "RIP" at its centre on each gate. The memorial, south-west of the village at the junction of the road to Hampen, is a wooden Calvary erected in 1919 to commemorate members and relatives of the Harter family killed in the First World War.The Harters were Roman Catholic owners of Salperton Park and lords of the manor of Salperton.
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(ON GATES) GREATER LOVE/ THAN THIS NO/ MAN HATH: THAT/ A MAN LAID DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS FRIENDS (NORTH) WHO DIES THAT ENGLAND LIVES/ IN PROUD AND GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ 2ND LIEUT JAMES COLLIER FOSTER HARTER/ SHERWOOD RANGERS YEOMANRY/ ELDER SON OF GEORGE LOYD FOSTER/ AND FRANCES GERALDINE HARTER NEE COKE/ OF SALPERTON PARK/ WHO DIED OF WOUNDS ABOUT NOV 28 1917, 13 MILES/ FROM JERUSALEM/ ESSAYING TO DELIVER THE/ HOLY LAND FROM THE INFEDIALS (SIC) (FOR WHICH AN/ ANCESTOR OF HIS HAD ALSO FOUGHT 1247 - 1260)/ AND IS BURIED AT SUFFA IN PALESTINE. AGE 28/ ALSO OF THEIR SON-IN-LAW/ LIEUT FRANCIS SOMERLED JOSEPH SILVERTOP/ OXFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY/ OF MINSTER ACRES NORTHUMBERLAND/ KILLED IN ACTION AT CUILLEMONT FARM/ MAY 20 1917 AGE 33/ AND IS BURIED AT ST EMELIE/ AND JESUS LOOKING ON HIM LOVED HIM/ R.I.P./ WE BLESS AND THANK THEE LORD FOR THOSE THE GOOD/ AND BRAVE, WHO EAGER AT THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL/ STRUNG, UNDISMAYED, SURRENDED ALL/ GRANT THEM ETERNAL REST (WEST) ALSO OF THEIR THREE NEPHEWS (NAMES) (SOUTH) (FAMILY NAMES) (EAST) (VILLAGERS NAMES)/ AND TO US WHO ARE LEFT TO MOURN THEIR DEPARTURE GRANT/ THAT WE MAY NOT SORROW AS THOSE WITHOUT HOPE FOR OUR/ BELOVED WHO SLEEP IN THEE,BUT THAT ALWAYS REMEMBERING/ THEIR COURAGE AND THE LOVE THAT UNITED US ON EARTH, WE/ MAY BEGIN WITH NEW COURAGE TO SERVE THEE MORE FERVENTLY/ AND THAT WHEN WE HAVE PASSED A FEW MORE DAYS IN THIS VALLEY/ OF TEARS WE MAY SEE THEM AGAIN FACE TO FACE IN THOSE/ PASTURES WHERE WE TRUST THAT THEY ALREADY WALK WITH THEE

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