Donisthorpe War Memorial Gateway

A First World War memorial gateway, with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS AND PLAN: the gateway is constructed of square red brick piers and wrought-iron gates, with smaller flanking wrought-iron supports. The adjoining brick walls do not form part of this listing.

DESCRIPTION: Donisthorpe War Memorial Gateway stands on the south side of Church Street.

The piers have deeply moulded caps surmounted by elaborate wrought-iron mountings supporting an overthrow with the inscription WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVES / IN MEMORIAM.

The First World War dedicatory inscription is inscribed on two bronze plaques fixed to each gate pier. The left-hand side plaque reads IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS", while the right-hand side plaque reads IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / "THEY WERE AS A WALL UNTO US / BOTH BY DAY AND NIGHT" / "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL / REMEMBER THEM". Beneath each dedication are the names of the fallen who are listed alphabetically by rank.

Placed above each plaque are two smaller plaques which commemorate the local men who died in the Second World War. They both read IN MEMORY OF THOSE / OF THE PARISH WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 / [NAMES] / RIP.