Sixpenny Handley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 2016. War memorial.

Sixpenny Handley War Memorial

WRENN ID
keen-cornice-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 2016
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

The circa 4m high war memorial of Ham Hill limestone stands within a grassed enclosure on the roadside in front of the Church of St Mary (Grade II*-listed), behind a chain supported by low stone bollards. It comprises a plain Latin cross set on an octagonal plinth and three-stepped octagonal base.

The front face of the plinth is inscribed TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ 23 MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918. The commemorated First World War names are inscribed on the remaining faces below their year of death. The names of three men who fell during the Second World War are also inscribed on the plinth beneath the dates 1939 - 1945.

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, 7 December 2016.

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