War Memorial to the Third Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 2020. War memorial.
War Memorial to the Third Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment
- WRENN ID
- little-zinc-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial to the Third Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment.
MATERIALS & PLAN A red brick structure with a tiled roof and a limestone plaque. The memorial is rectangular on plan and located on a small grassed site at the edge of the road, Horn Hill, facing north.
DESCRIPTION The memorial consists of a simple pier of red brick predominantly laid in English bond on the base and with stretcher bond above. The base projects slightly beyond the face of the brick pier on all sides and is topped with a course of chamfered bricks. Towards the top of the pier there are two oversailing corbel courses, and a brick dentil course above. The memorial is topped by a simple brick pediment and covered by a pitched tiled roof.
A rectangular limestone plaque set into the front face of the memorial with a chamfered surround bears the inscription: IN THIS FIELD/ THE 3RD BATT./ GLOUCESTERSHIRE/ REGIMENT/ Lt Col G. H. BURGES/ COMMANDING/ WAS ENCAMPED/ DURING THE SUMMERS/ 1916 – 1917/ 1918.
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