Wyke Regis War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 2016. War memorial.
Wyke Regis War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- rooted-casement-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A Neo-Baroque style monument erected in the c1920s, commemorating the men of Wyke Regis who died whilst serving their country in the First World War.
The stone monument comprises an obelisk carrying a ring inscribed with the words:
'THAT RIGHT MAY PREVAIL OVER MIGHT'
The obelisk is set on a square base with scrolled brackets to the corners, with four bronze plaques reading:
'TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HEREON. THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION FROM THE PARISHIONERS OF WYKE REGIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO ANSWERED THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY AND GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 [names of 52 men]
The base with the bronze plaques is set on a large pedestal with projecting rusticated corners.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 17 February 2017.
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