Whitwick War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 2019. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Whitwick War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- shifting-stone-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- 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 Cornish grey granite; Bronze; Granolithic concrete.
DESCRIPTION: comprising a wheel head cross on a three-tiered plinth with chamfered edges, on a six-stepped base, the upper five levels being octagonal in plan, the lowermost circular. The plinth bears the inscriptions in cast bronze plaques.
The inscriptions read: Plinth, 6, 3 & 12 o'clock faces. Upper tier : IN PROUD MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF WHITWICK / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WAR / 1914 - 1918 Middle tier : (NAMES) Plinth, 6 o'clock face, lower tier only : THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR / EVERMORE Plinth, 9 o'clock faces. Upper tier : IN PROUD MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF WHITWICK / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WAR / 1939 - 1945 Middle tier : (NAMES) On step riser faces, bottom to top : 1914 / 1915 / 1916 / 1917 / 1918.
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20/08/2019
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