Bitteswell War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 2019. War memorial.
Bitteswell War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-groin-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bitteswell War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard, the Nook, Leicestershire, Bitteswell with Bittesby, LE17 4RY
- OS grid reference
- SP 537 858
- Coordinates
- 52.46791, -1.21007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bitteswell War Memorial is a First World War memorial built around 1920. It is situated on the churchyard wall of the Grade II*-listed Church of St Mary, next to a path leading to the church. The memorial features a moulded sandstone surround with stepped and pedimented coping, along with a moulded cornice that has a central relief-carved laurel wreath below. Inside the surround is an incised Portland stone tablet mounted on a slate panel. The memorial stands on a moulded base with flanking supports.
The inscription is in incised lettering and reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN IMPERISHABLE MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919," followed by the names of 18 individuals who fell. At the bottom of the tablet, it is incised with "R.I.P. / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."
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