Rockhampton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 2015. War memorial.
Rockhampton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- over-flue-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Rockhampton War Memorial, St Oswald's Churchyard, Church Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 654 932
- Coordinates
- 51.63729, -2.50017
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rockhampton War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921 by W H Randoll Blacking, with an additional inscription added after the Second World War. It is made of limestone and has a rectangular plan.
The memorial stands on a low stone base and features a monolithic shaft that rises to a stylised Maltese cross in the Arts and Crafts style. The north face of the shaft is inscribed with the words: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF:– (NAMES) WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1918 “THEIR NAME LIV- ETH FOR EVERMORE.” Above the original inscription, the name of a local man who lost his life during the Second World War, along with the dates 1939-1945, is carved.
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