Urchfont War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 2017. War memorial.

Urchfont War Memorial

WRENN ID
small-wicket-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 2017
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Urchfont War Memorial is located in the southern part of the churchyard, next to the path and close to the Church of St Michael and All Angels, which is a Grade I listed building, as well as several other Grade II-listed monuments in the churchyard.

This stone memorial features a large Latin cross that rises from a tapering plinth, which is set on a three-stepped base. The west face of the cross is decorated with a floriated cross carved in low relief against a pecked background. The front face of the plinth includes a small carved wreath and banner above a raised panel. The inscription on the banner is incised and reads "THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919."

The main inscription, which is incised and painted on the raised white marble panel, states "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ (17 NAMES)/ MM THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE MM."

Additionally, a small white marble tablet has been added to the front face of the upper step of the memorial. This tablet features a carved wreath and banner with the inscription "THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945." On either side of this tablet, there are two small rectangular white marble tablets that have incised and painted inscriptions recording two names each from the four Second World War casualties.

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