Hathern War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 2019. War memorial.
Hathern War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ghost-rafter-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, built 1920; with later additions.
DESCRIPTION: Hathern War Memorial is located in the village cemetery off Green Hill Rise. It is prominently situated in the west end of the cemetery, at the end of a processional route and inside a circular enclosure with a stone kerb.
The memorial comprises a polished Aberdeen-granite square-section pillar with a moulded foot, standing upon a simple square base. It has a pedimented hewn-granite capstone surmounted by a Latin cross.
The inscription is in incised and gilded lettering and reads: IN / HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918 followed by the 21 names of those who fell and, on the plinth below, the inscriptions ‘FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH’/ ALSO OF and a further name.
On the other faces of the memorial are inscribed IN / HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / WORLD WAR OF 1939-1945 and the names of the seven parishioners who fell in that conflict; and two soldiers who fell in conflicts in Egypt and Cyprus in the 1950s.
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