Drayton St Leonard War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 2016. War memorial.

Drayton St Leonard War Memorial

WRENN ID: unlit-gable-soot
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: South Oxfordshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 7 November 2016
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

MATERIALS: Clipsham limestone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located on the High Street in Drayton St Leonard and it comprises a Latin cross on an octagonal tapering shaft on a three-stepped octagonal base.

The base carries the inscriptions in inscribed lettering painted black. The dedication reads: IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR US/ IN THE GREAT WAR. A second side is inscribed 1914 – 1918/ R.I.P. Five sides are each inscribed with the name of one individual who fell in the First World War.

The inscription 1939 – 1945/ (NAME) was added at a later date on another side.

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