Thorpe Langton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 2019. War memorial.

Thorpe Langton War Memorial

WRENN ID: crumbling-string-hawthorn
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 1921 date.

MATERIALS: constructed of Clipsham stone and other stone.

DESCRIPTION: comprising a carved wheel cross on a shaft above a plinth with simply-moulded cap, on a single-stepped square base. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised lettering and reads: ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF/ THORPE LANGTON/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ GNR HG PALMER/ 119TH ARMY BRIGADE RFA/ KILLED IN ACTION/ JUNE 21st 1917 AT YPRES/ HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY/ GREATER HONOUR HATH NO MAN THAN THIS.

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