Great Shefford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 August 2015. War memorial.

Great Shefford War Memorial

WRENN ID
salt-arch-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
17 August 2015
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

A war memorial, erected after the First World War, in the form of a Crucifix. MATERIALS: stone.

DETAILS: at c3m high, the memorial has an octagonal base surmounted by a stone cross on an octagonal plinth on which the 22 names of the First World War fallen and the following inscription are incised: IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. On the south face of the cross is a carved figure of the crucified Christ beneath which the inscription THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US and the names of the five soldiers who died in the Second World War are recorded.

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