Cross Of Sacrifice is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 2010. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Cross Of Sacrifice
- WRENN ID
- knotted-vault-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 2010
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
UPPER BRISTOL ROAD (North Side) 656-1/0/0 LOCKSBROOK CEMETERY
Cross of Sacrifice.
II
Memorial cross. C1922. Sir Reginald Blomfield, designer. Portland Stone with a bronze sword attached to front. Tall cross shaft on stepped base, bearing inscription `THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVER MORE'. HISTORY: Erected by the Imperial War Graves Commission (IWGC), one of numerous versions of this design erected both in Britain and at military cemeteries abroad (cf the Bath War Memorial at the entrance to Victoria Park, q.v.). To the west of the cross are five rows of headstones (over forty in all, and mainly marking deaths in 1919-21), forming a group; numerous other IWGC headstones are elsewhere in the cemetery, which is located close to the Royal United Hospital.
Listing NGR: ST7324965167
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 15 December 2016.
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