Cranborne War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 2019. War memorial.

Cranborne War Memorial

WRENN ID: sombre-render-merlin
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Dorset
Country: England
Date first listed: 10 December 2019
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

A war memorial of interwar date.

MATERIALS: constructed of stone.

DESCRIPTION: comprising a small Latin cross with an decorative floriated crosshead rising from a moulded collar on an octagonal shaft. This is set on a plinth, square on plan, on a two-stepped base.

The east face of the plinth bears the incised inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR ENGLAND’S HONOUR/ 1914 – 1918./ (NAMES). The south face has the dedication 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).

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