Bluntisham and Earith War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 2016. War memorial.

Bluntisham and Earith War Memorial

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Huntingdonshire
Country
England
Date first listed
1 November 2016
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

MATERIALS: rough-hewn Cornish granite.

DESCRIPTION: Bluntisham and Earith memorial consists of a wheel-head cross with a carved central boss on a tapered shaft and square tapered plinth, which is set upon a rough-hewn three-stepped base.

The faces of the plinth are polished and the front face is inscribed with a dedication which reads THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN BELONGING TO/ BLUNTISHAM AND EARITH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918. The other three sides of the plinth are inscribed with the names of the fallen of the First World War.

Further commemorative text at the base of the shaft reads 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES).

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