Hanham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 2014. War memorial.
Hanham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-timber-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 2014
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A war memorial, dating from circa 1920, architect unknown.
MATERIALS: stone.
PLAN: the memorial is set on a square platform circa 2.4m across.
DESCRIPTION: the structure takes the form of a Celtic cross, set in a roughly-hewn, square base upon a wide platform, partly grassed. The lower portion of the shaft carries the inscription TO / THE GLORY / OF GOD; the front face of the base is inscribed AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF ALL THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM / IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914 – 1918.; followed by the names of the 69 men who fell in the conflict, all in a Serif font. At the foot of the base, set within the grassed area, a matching stone tablet is inscribed 1939 REMEMBER THEM AND THOSE WHO / WEPT 1945, below which are the names of the 26 men who died during the Second World War.
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, 11 January 2017.
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