7th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment War Memorial

A war memorial obelisk of 1920.

MATERIALS: of dressed rough-hewn stone with bronze regimental badge.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is an obelisk on a two-stepped base and square plinth. The obelisk is divided into three sections by carved horizontal grooves. To the front (north) face of the central section is fixed the bronze regimental badge. The lower face has an inset panel with lettering that reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE OFFICERS, NON COMMISIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE/ SEVENTH BATTALION, WILTSHIRE REGIMENT/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES/ THE BATTALION TRAINED IN MARLBOROUGH DURING THE WINTER 1914-1915,/ SERVED IN FRANCE SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1915, IN MACEDONIA/ NOVEMBER 1915-JUNE 1918 AND IN FRANCE JUNE 1918- NOVEMBER 1918/ A RECORD OF THOSE WHO FELL AND A ROLL CALL OF THE BATTALION IS DEPOSITED AT THE TOWN HALL.