Arnesby War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 2019. War memorial.
Arnesby War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rusted-postern-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A war memorial of interwar date by G Collin & Son of Leicester.
MATERIALS: constructed of granite.
DESCRIPTION: comprising an ornate wheel head cross and shaft, on a three-tiered, four-sided plinth. The cross head, wheel and shaft are carved with interlacing patterns and the plinth bears the leaded inscriptions; plain for the dedication and names, gothic for the epitaph around the base.
The inscription is in leaded lettering and reads: IN/ LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO DIED IN THE WAR 1914 – 1918/ AND OF (NAME)/ REPORTED AS DEAD/ GOD IS LOVE// WORLD WAR 1939 – 45/ DEDICATED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ (NAME)/ DIED A PRISONER OF WAR/ IN JAPANESE HANDS/ SEPTEMBER 1943/ INASMUCH/ 1914 – 1918 (ADDITIONAL NAME).
To the rear of the plinth is a metal badge that reads G COLLIN & SON/ SCULPTORS/ REGENTS/ LEICESTER.
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