Upton Grey War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 2019. War memorial.
Upton Grey War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- former-glass-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 March 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, designed by G Maile and Son, and dedicated in December 1919. The names of the fallen of the Second World War were subsequently added.
MATERIALS: rough hewn Cornish granite with lead lettering.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located on a grass bank facing Church Street at the southern corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Mary. With a total height of 2.7m, it consists of a wheel cross with a crusader's sword in relief on the front face. The tapering shaft is mounted on a square plinth with a tapered base. The front face of the plinth bears the inscription ‘FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY. / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918’. The names and ranks of the 15 fallen are inscribed on the sides of the plinth. The tapered front edge of the base bears the inscription ‘AND IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945 followed by a single name.
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