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
Silchester War Memorial is a community memorial commemorating the dead of two World Wars. It stands by the roadside adjacent to the village playing fields and was erected in 1919, with alterations made after 1945.
The memorial is made of granite and features lead lettering. It takes the form of an upright pylon surrounded by a square enclosure. The stone is roughly hewn and has a square section, with a smooth central panel on its western face that displays 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, and a flagged path approaches the monument from the west.
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