Spetisbury War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 2017. War memorial.

Spetisbury War Memorial

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
6 February 2017
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

MATERIALS: Ham Hill stone.

DESCRIPTION: Spetisbury War Memorial is located within the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist. It consists of a Latin cross rising from an octagonal tapering shaft. The shaft is set upon an octagonal plinth on top of a three-stepped base.

The inscriptions were originally incised into the stone. At a later date these have been replaced with incised plaques fixed to two faces with 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES) incised on them. The main dedication remains incised into the stone and reads TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND THE/ PROUD MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ HIS VILLAGE/ WHO DIED IN THE/ CAUSE OF LIBERTY/ 1914 – 1919. The other faces still faintly show the names as originally inscribed. Across the bottom step is an inclined stone tablet inscribed with 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).

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