Filton War Memorial

A First World War memorial with a stone tablet added later to commemorate later conflicts.

MATERIALS: granite

DESCRIPTION: A roughly-hewn Latin cross tops a tall tapering plinth on a square base. The dedication is depicted in raised lettering applied to the front (south) face of the plinth which reads ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ TO THE GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF’, followed by the names of those who died during the First World War. Below the dedication continues and reads ‘MEN OF FILTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ ERECTED BY THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS’. A granite stone tablet has been placed in front of the memorial that reads ‘IN COMMEMORATION OF THOSE/ WHO LIVED AND WORKED IN FILTON/ AND WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN WORLD WAR TWO/ AND SUBSEQUENT CONFLICTS’.

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.