War Memorial

CHAPEL ST LEONARDS

1504/0/10002 CHURCH LANE 01-SEP-05 War Memorial

GV II War memorial. Circa 1921. Roughly hewn grantite. A Celtic cross on a plinth and base. It was originally dedicated to Private Mark Hill, as a First World War monument to an individual, but was later also dedicated to the village dead of the Second World War. The front face of the plinth is inscribed with "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN MEMORY OF/(NAME)/GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN/HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY/THE PARISHIONERS". The front face of the base is inscribed "1939 (NAMES) 1945". The memorial was paid for by public subscription.

Summary of Importance: A good example of a relatively simple war memorial to the dead of the First and Second World Wars. It also posseses group value with the nearby Grade II listed church. TF5526372028

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 23 January 2017.