Beeston Hill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 2018. A C20 War memorial. 1 related planning application.

Beeston Hill War Memorial

WRENN ID: open-ledge-ash
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Leeds
Country: England
Date first listed: 7 March 2018
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial commemorating the parishioners of the Church of the Holy Spirit who fought in the war, probably 1920s

MATERIALS: limestone

Beeston Hill War Memorial is located within the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Spirit and is situated beneath the south-west (ritual east) window. It consists of a tall fleuree cross with an octagonal shaft rising from a tapered pedestal with a two-stepped tapered base below. The whole memorial is set upon a square two-stepped plinth, which is also of limestone. Each of the pedestal's faces has a raised shaped panel with scrolled decoration; that to the front (south-west) face incorporates an inscription that reads: 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF/ ALL THOSE FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO SERVED IN THE WAR/ 1914 – 1918./ “NOT ONE OF THEM IS/ FORGOTTEN BEFORE GOD." '

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