First World War Memorial at St John the Baptist Church, Erith is a Grade II listed building in the Bexley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 2017. War memorial.
First World War Memorial at St John the Baptist Church, Erith
- WRENN ID
- dark-crypt-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bexley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial. Erected 1921.
MATERIALS: Carved from granite.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands in the churchyard of St John the Baptist Church. It comprises a Celtic cross of hammer-dressed grey granite, placed on a tapering shaft, plinth, and square base, set within a square kerb of the same material. Designer unknown. The shaft of the memorial is inscribed in lead lettering: IN/ GRATEFUL AND/ SACRED MEMORY/ OF THE FOLLOWING/ FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/, and on the front of the base: “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”. The names of 101 dead are listed in twin columns on each side of the plinth.
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, 30 January 2018.
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