Gislingham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 2016. War memorial.
Gislingham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- errant-threshold-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: Limestone.
DESCRIPTION: Gislingham War Memorial stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary (Grade I-listed), to the north-west of the church tower. The memorial is composed of a three-stepped base, tall plinth, and a wheel-head cross. Crossed flags are carved in low relief to the front face of centre of the wheel-head. The inscriptions are incised and painted black.
The First World War dedication is located on the front face of the plinth and reads IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 TO 1918 / (17 NAMES). On the top step below this is an inscription which reads GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
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, 13 January 2017.
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