Stotfold War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 2015. War memorial.
Stotfold War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- blind-gateway-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stotfold War Memorial is located just inside the entrance to the cemetery on Mill Lane, to the south-west of the mortuary chapel. It is made of dark polished granite and features a tall, square obelisk that rises from a square plinth with a narrow cornice. The plinth is set on a two-stage, square base.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth states: "ERECTED BY THE/ PARISHIONERS TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND THE GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THOSE STOTFOLD/ SOLDIERS AND SAILORS/ WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED/ ON THIS MONUMENT AND WHO/ IN RESPONSE TO THEIR/ COUNTRY’S CALL, GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918./ AND/ 1939 – 1945." An additional inscription on the front face of the upper stage of the base reads: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN/ THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS."
The names of those who died in the First World War are recorded on the other faces of the plinth and on the upper stage of the base. The lower stage of the base also notes 1939 – 1945, listing the names of the 13 individuals who died in the Second World War. The inscriptions are made with gilded metal lettering attached to the stone surfaces.
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