Hanworth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 2018. War memorial.
Hanworth War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tenth-doorway-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hounslow
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial. Dedicated in 1920. Plaque to the fallen of the Second World War subsequently added. Relocated to its present location in the 1970s.
MATERIALS: Cornish granite and York stone. Lead lettering.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands at the northern corner of a plot of land at the junction of Main Street and Green Lane. It consists of a rough-hewn granite St Cuthbert’s cross rising from a base with three-step pedestal. The base and upper step are of rough-hewn granite. The lower steps are of York stone of late C20 or early-C21 date. The front face of the base bears the inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE/ OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 -1918/ LIVE YE FOR ENGLAND, WE FOR ENGLAND DIED. The other faces record the 55 names of the fallen.
At the foot of the pedestal is a small rough-hewn plinth bearing a slate tablet with the inscription: IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ DURING THE/ 1939 - 1945 WAR.
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