Oldcotes War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 2014. War memorial.
Oldcotes War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- hollow-vestry-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bassetlaw
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 December 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
War memorial by A.H Borrowdale, unveiled in 1920.
The memorial, of grey granite, comprises a broken column with a sheathed sword and a wreath carved in relief on its lower part. It stands on a tapering, rusticated plinth, its front face carrying the inscription GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ THIS COLUMN WAS ERECTED BY/ THE PEOPLE OF OLDCOTES/ IN MEMOROY OF THE FALLEN (4 names)/ ‘GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS’. The plinth stands on a three-stage stepped base. Standing centrally on the second step is a stone flower holder inscribed to the memory of an RAF sergeant (d. 1954).
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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