Morton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 2016. War memorial.
Morton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- haunted-pillar-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: Cornish silver grey granite.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial is located within the grounds of St Philip and St James churchyard, to the west of the church. It consists of a granite obelisk, square on plan, surmounting a tapering plinth raised on a two-stepped base. Around the base of the memorial is a low, square, kerb filled with chippings.
The plinth has a leaded inscription on its east face which reads PRO PATRIA/ IN HONOUR AND MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ AUG 4TH 1914 – NOV 11TH 1918/ “THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE”. On the other faces of the plinth are listed 20 names grouped by the year of death and the later dedication reading 1939 – 1945/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF/ THE SUN, AND IN THE/ MORNING WE WILL/ REMEMBER THEM/ (2 NAMES).
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