Alsager War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 2016. Memorial.
Alsager War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-column-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 2016
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: Sandstone sculpture, granite column.
DESCRIPTION: Alsager War Memorial comprises a sandstone carved figure of a First World War serviceman in full uniform carrying a rifle with bayonet. The statue rises from a granite column standing on a three-stepped base. The column carries a band of carved foliate design, below which, on three faces, are the incised and painted black lettering of the names of those who lost their lives in the First World War.
The inscription on the north-west face reads: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE ALSAGER MEN / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919 / (NAMES) / THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES / UNTO THE DEATH REV XII XI.
On the south-east face is the inscription: ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE ALSAGER MEN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939 – 1945 / (NAMES). Also on this face is a casted representation of the Town Arms.
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