Beckingham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 2014. War memorial.
Beckingham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- eastward-turret-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bassetlaw
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
War memorial, unveiled in 1920.
The memorial, of Portland stone, comprises a modest Latin cross set on a narrow shaft rising from a square plinth on a square, three-step base. The plinth is inscribed on the south face: GIVING THANKS TO GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN OF/ BECKINGHAM/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR / COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The names of the ten who fell in the First World War appear on the flanking west and east faces. Also attached to the east side of the memorial, on the second step, is a stone plaque giving the name of one man who fell in the Second World War.
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, 24 January 2017.
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