Kintbury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 2016. War memorial.
Kintbury War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- seventh-wattle-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial.
MATERIALS: granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located within the churchyard of St Mary’s Church, and it comprises a wheel-head Calvary cross, the cross arms decorated with Celtic-style knotwork and bearing a carved figure of Christ. It is set upon a tapered shaft which bears the inscription on the front face in lead letters: “WHO GAVE / HIMSELF / FOR ME”/ IN PIOUS MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO / GAVE THEMSELVES / FOR THEIR / NATIVE LAND / 1914 – 1917/ (NAMES) / ON WHOSE SOUL / MAY THE LORD / HAVE MERCY AMEN.
On the back of the shaft is inscribed: 1917 – 1918 / (NAMES) / 1939 – 1945 / (NAMES).
The shaft is set upon a hexagonal two-stepped base.
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, 27 February 2017.
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