Awsworth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Broxtowe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 2017. War memorial.
Awsworth War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- waning-wattle-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broxtowe
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War Memorial, erected 1920.
MATERIALS: limestone.
PLAN: the memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter (unlisted).
EXTERIOR: the memorial is in the form of an obelisk mounted on a square plinth with a crossed rifle and sword on a wreath and cap carved in relief on the front face. This is supported by a square two-tier base which rests upon a square two-tier platform. On the front face of the plinth and base is inscribed: ERECTED BY/ THE PARISHIONERS OF/ AWSWORTH/ IN/ PROUD, GRATEFUL, AND HONOURED/ MEMORY OF/ AWSWORTH MEN,/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR,/ 1914 - 1919/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE". The other three faces of the plinth are inscribed with the names of the fallen from both World Wars.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 6 March 2017.
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