Wilstone War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 2016. War memorial.
Wilstone War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gentle-lancet-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial. Erected in 1921.
MATERIALS: carved from Cornish granite and Derbyshire Gritstone.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands on a green at a junction near the centre of the village adjacent to Manor Farm and St Cross Church. The memorial comprises a Cornish granite cross with Celtic head and a tapering shaft. It rises from a trapezoidal two stepped plinth and a square two stepped Derbyshire Gritstone base. The cross is enriched by carved interlace and knotwork. On the W face of the shaft and plinth is the inscription: TO THE/ GLORY/ OF/ GOD/ AND IN/ MEMORY OF/ WILSTONE/ MEN WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND/ COUNTRY/ 1914-1918./ (NAMES).
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 12 January 2017.
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