Purton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 2002. A Modern War memorial.

Purton War Memorial

WRENN ID
unlit-wicket-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 2002
Type
War memorial
Period
Modern
Source
Historic England listing

Description

1178/0/10004 14-MAY-02

PURTON

HOOK HILL Purton War Memorial

II

First World War memorial. Circa 1920. Limestone. Four-stage stepped polygonal base with inscribed square pedestal on top with broached corners, supporting a tall polygonal shaft surmounted by a Latin cross. The pedestal has a wreath carved in relief and the stepped base has a bronze wreath and the names of those killed in the Second World War. A good example of a First World War memorial.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 16 December 2016.

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