Wimblington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 2019. War memorial.
Wimblington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- old-pediment-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wimblington War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1922, with later additions for the Second World War. It is located in the churchyard of St Peter’s Church and is made of Italian marble.
The memorial features a 3-meter high white marble statue of a winged Victory, who symbolizes glory and fame by holding a wreath of laurel leaves in her left hand and pointing upwards to heaven with her right hand. The statue is mounted on a white marble square plinth, which sits on a square base. Both the plinth and base have plaques affixed to their faces that display inscriptions.
The plaque on the front face of the plinth dedicates the memorial: "THIS STONE/ IS ERECTED BY THE/ PARISHONERS OF WIMBLINGTON/ ALSO THE WINDOW AND THE TABLETS/ IN THE CHURCH AND CHAPELS/ IN LOVING AND REVEREND MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS." The plaque on the base below is inscribed with "1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)." The other faces of both the plinth and base list the names of the fallen.
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