Kencot War Memorial, West Oxfordshire is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Kencot War Memorial, West Oxfordshire
- WRENN ID
- worn-brick-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
War memorial unveiled in 1921.
MATERIALS: stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises an octagonal tapering pillar, which is capped with a dome, atop an octagonal plinth. The plinth stands upon a four-stepped octagonal base, which in turn stands upon an octagonal platform step with moulded edges.
The dates 1914/ 1918 are inscribed on the south face of the plinth. The south-west panel of the octagonal platform is inscribed as follows
TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
The names of the three fallen from the First World War are inscribed on the south panel of the octagonal platform, with the following inscription on the south-east panel
AND OF THOSE OTHERS WHO/ NOT LESS GALLANTLY SERVED/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SAME
The dates 1939/ 1945 are inscribed on the west face of the plinth, with the name of the single fallen from the Second World War inscribed on the west panel of the bottom step of the base below.
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