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
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Harborough
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 2019
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, built in around 1920.

MATERIALS: sandstone; Portland stone

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located on the churchyard wall of the Grade II*-listed Church of St Mary, beside a path leading to the church. It comprises a moulded sandstone surround with stepped and pedimented coping, and a moulded cornice with a central relief-carved laurel wreath below. The surround frames an incised Portland stone tablet mounted on a slate panel. The memorial is 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 18 names of those who fell. At the bottom of the tablet is incised R.I.P. / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

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