The Harris Monument
The Harris Monument
The Harris family monument. Figure of Mercury, Roman messenger of the gods, bronze, after the style of Italian artist Bologna. Portland Stone plinth.
M


Differnt view of bronze with a hoar frost. 1994
The inscriptions on three sides read

west side -

HENRY WILLIAM HARRIS
DIED 4TH NOVEMBER 1943, AGED 83
AND HIS SON
FRANCIS HENRY HERBERT
BOLTON HARRIS
DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN
BATTLE OF ANZIO, ITALY WHILST
COMMANDING 2ND BATT. SCOTS GUARDS
27TH FEBRUARY 1944 AGED 37
THEY ARE NOT DEAD, THEY HAVE
AWAKENED FROM THIS DREAM OF LIFE

south side -

IN MEMORY OF
MAUD ANNETTE LETITIA
ELIZABETH HARRIS
WIFE OF
HENRY WILLIAM HARRIS
BORN 23RD DECEMBER 1869
DIED 24TH AUGUST 1950

north side -

IN MEMORY OF
MAUD ANNETTE SYBIL
NINA YOUNG
DAUGHTER OF
HENRY WILLIAM HARRIS
BORN 16TH OCTOBER 1906
DIED 21ST SEPTEMBER 1974