Eynsham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 2017. War memorial.

Eynsham War Memorial

WRENN ID
hushed-doorway-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
11 July 2017
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial. Erected in 1921. Architect unknown.

MATERIALS: granite memorial cross with bronze sword and lead lettering.

DESCRIPTION: Eynsham War Memorial comprises a granite wheel-headed cross with a bronze reversed sword on its front face. The cross rises from a tapering shaft which sits on a square plinth and two stepped base.

The front face of the plinth carries the main dedication TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN PROUD MEMORY OF / THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS / NON – COMMISSIONED OFFICERS / AND MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918 / “DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE” / (NAMES) / AND 1939 – 1945. On the two sides of the plinth and the front faces of the steps are the names of the fallen.

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