Silchester War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 2018. War memorial.
Silchester War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-gravel-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A community war memorial, commemorating the dead of two World Wars, which stands by the roadside adjacent to the village playing fields, erected in 1919 and altered after 1945.
MATERIALS & PLAN: a granite war memorial with lead lettering. The memorial takes the form of an upright pylon, surrounded by a square enclosure.
DESCRIPTION: Silchester War Memorial is located at the roadside of Little London Road.
It consists of a roughly hewn stone of remembrance of square section, with a smooth central panel to the centre of its western face which carries an inscription and names in painted lead lettering. The inscription reads TO THE MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF SILCHESTER / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918 / (NAMES) / “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS” / ALSO THOSE WHO FELL / IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 – 1945 / (NAMES) / “GOD MADE TRIAL OF THEM / AND FOUND THEM WORTHY”. Below the stone is a square base. A flagged path approaches the monument from the west.
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