Alveston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 2015. War memorial.
Alveston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- calm-rood-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A war memorial, designer unknown, constructed circa 1921.
MATERIALS: onstructed from rough-faced granite.
PLAN: the war memorial cross is set upon a square platform.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a Celtic cross, with carved knot work in panels to the arms and shaft. The tapering, square-section shaft is set into a tapering plinth with a moulded top, which sits upon a shallow base. The plinth carries inset inscriptions in black. The principal face is inscribed TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1918. / AND 1939-1945 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The remaining faces carry the names of the Fallen from each of the conflicts: 18 in the First World War and 14 from the Second World War. The memorial is set on a two-stepped concrete platform.
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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