Keresley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 2016. War memorial.
Keresley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- broken-hammer-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Coventry
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Keresley War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St Thomas Church, to the west of the church tower and facing the main road. It features a tall, rough-hewn grey granite Celtic cross that rises from a tapering square plinth, which stands on a three-stepped base. The front of the cross is decorated with a reversed sword carved in low relief.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front of the plinth reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919." On the rear face of the plinth, the inscription states: "THESE DIED IN WAR THAT WE AT PEACE MIGHT LIVE, THESE GAVE THEIR BEST, SO WE OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE, NOT FOR THEMSELVES - FOR JUSTICE, FREEDOM, RIGHT, THEY FOUGHT, AND BID US FORWARD TO THE FIGHT." The names of those commemorated are inscribed on either side of the plinth.
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