Sidlesham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 2017. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Sidlesham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- moated-flue-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chichester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: rough-hewn granite.
DESCRIPTION: Sidlesham War Memorial is located within the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Sidlesham. It consists of a squat obelisk on a square plinth. It is set within a small kerbed enclosure.
On the front face, a tablet carved in the form of a scroll carries the inscription in painted lettering SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
The raked block added at the foot of the plinth carries the inscription AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)/ "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM".
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