Normanton on Trent War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 2014. War memorial.
Normanton on Trent War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- endless-wattle-russet
- 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 1921, by Sharpe and Hoggard of Retford.
The memorial, in granite, comprises a short obelisk, with a small laurel wreath in relief, on a plinth set on a three-stepped base. The inscription on the front (east face), in lead lettering, reads (on the lower section of the obelisk): TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE YOUNG MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 (9 names) (and on the plinth) GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS, THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. ST JOHN 15.13. On the side (south face) of the plinth is a further leaded inscription giving the name of one man lost 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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