Summary
A memorial slab dedicated to John Harman who recieved a Victoria Cross for his heroism during the Second World War. An inscription is engraved onto the granite slab which is now fixed to a massive fallen salb within the quarry.
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Monument Types
- COMMEMORATIVE STONE (Mid 20th C to Early 21st century - 1945 AD to 2050 AD)
Description
A memorial stone dedicated to John Pennington Harman who won a Victoria Cross for destroying an enemy machine gun post almost single-handed (Langham, 1994, p93). The V.C. quarry (108773) had been one of his favourite playgrounds as a child. The memorial is a rectangular granite slab laid at a steep angle onto a massive fallen slab of granite. It measures 4m x 4m x 0.65m and is laid on a 6cm bed of cement with its bottom edge resting on two projecting pins of granite set into the fallen slab.
The inscription on the stone reads:
Greater love hath no man than this
That a man lay down his life for his friends.
To the memory of
JOHN PENNINGTON HARMAN
Aged 29
Son of
Martin Coles Harman and Amy Ruth Harman
Who died of wounds in Burma on
Easter Sunady the ninth of April 1944
For his bravery he was awarded the
Victoria Cross
This table is erected by his brother and sisters
Albion Pennington Harman
Ruth Pennington Harman Jones
Diana Pennington Harman
At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them
References
- SZR18216 - Aerial Photograph: 09/07/1996. Quarries, Lundy. 28.
- SZR2273 - Monograph: 1973-1975. Lundy-The Official Guide.
- SZR23506 - Aerial Photograph: 03/07/1970. Quarries, Lundy. 21.
- SZR32703 - Aerial Photograph: Halfway, Quarterwall and village, Lundy. 207.
- SZR368 - Unpublished document: Caroline Thackray. 1990-1996. Field data sheets, Lundy Archaeological Survey.
- SZR36857 - Aerial Photograph: 09/10/1974. Quarries, Lundy. 48.
- SZR3704 - Monograph: W T Baker. 1971. Lundy, The Mystic Isle.
- SZR4068 - Article in serial: J R Chanter. 1871. A History of Lundy Island.
- SZR44515 - Photograph - black and white: Gary Marshall. 28/04/1992. Memorial stone (FNo.524) in V C quarry, Pondsbury, Lundy.. 2M. 2.
- SZR46911 - Photograph - black and white: Gary Marshall. 28/04/1992. Memorial stone (FNo.524) in V C quarry, Pondsbury, Lundy.. 2M. 3.
- SZR5321 - Monograph: A F Langham. 1994. The Island of Lundy.
- SZR5944 - Unpublished document: Caroline Thackray. 1863-1992. Correspondence between C.T. and D. Worthington (Volunteer), Photocopied newspaper report from Wester.
- SZR6982 - Monograph: Landmark Trust. 1987. Lundy.
- SZR887 - Monograph: A F Blackwell. 1948. The Charm and History of Instow (with Lundy Island).
- SZR936 - Monograph: K S Gardner. 1972. The Archaeology of Lundy: A Field Guide.
Other Statuses and References
- Heritage Coast
- Site of Special Scientific Interest (Biological)
Associated Events
- ENA515 - Field Survey, 1992 Surveying & Monitoring of Pondsbury & Quarries and Beacon Hill Cemerty
- ENA516 - Field Survey, 1999 Reinterpretation of sites S of Widows Tenement inc Surveying South End
- ENA521 - Archaeological Intervention, English Heritage 1999 Monitoring of all Scheduled sites on Lundy Island
- ENA534 - Field Survey, NT Archaeological Field Project of Lundy Island 1988 to Present
- ENA540 - Field Survey, English Heritage MPP review
Associated Finds
None Recorded
Related Records
None Recorded