War memorial, Queens Road Cemetery, Walthamstow is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 2017. War memorial.
War memorial, Queens Road Cemetery, Walthamstow
- WRENN ID
- dim-forge-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A Cross of Sacrifice, to the design of 1918 by Sir Reginald Blomfield for the Imperial War Graves Commission.
It is constructed of Portland stone. Octagonal in profile, the cross has a facetted, tapering shaft, chamfered at the base, with a bronze sword mounted on its front face. It stands on a tall octagonal base, which stands on a stepped octagonal plinth, set on paving at ground level. Part of the plinth has been restored.
The base is inscribed with the dates 1914/ + /1918 and 1939/ + /1945. Beneath it is the inscription THEIR / NAME / LIVETH / FOR / EVERMORE.
It stands within Queens Road Cemetery, previously known as Walthamstow Cemetery, at a junction of paths at the head of the central, axial route, to the north of the cemetery chapels.
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