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

Swinford War Memorial

WRENN ID
sunken-flagstone-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Harborough
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 2019
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, approximately 1920.

MATERIALS: constructed from polished pink granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located in the southeast corner of All Saints Churchyard. It comprises a wheel-head cross with a tapering shaft and plinth with single-stepped base. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised and gilded lettering.

The inscription reads: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / 1914-1918 / IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO / LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR’ followed by the names of the fallen, and ‘THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE’. On the west face is the inscription ‘1939-1945’, followed by two names.

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