Pilning War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 2015. War memorial.
Pilning War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- late-outpost-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial, later amended to commemorate the casualties of the Second World War.
MATERIAL: granite.
DESCRIPTION: a wheel cross tops a tall shaft that stands on a tapering plinth and a square base. The names of the fallen are shown in raised lettering on recessed panels on the front and side faces of the plinth. On the front (south) face the dedication reads; ‘ERECTED IN MEMORY OF’, followed by the names of those who died during the First World War, ‘WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 -1918’. The side faces include the names of those who died during the Second World War and the dedication reads, on the east face; ‘1939 1945/ THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY’ and on the west face; 'ALSO TO COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO NOBLY/ RESPONDED TO THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL’.
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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