Donhead St Mary War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 2016. War memorial.
Donhead St Mary War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- late-transept-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial stands in a grassed area on the southern side of the churchyard of Donhead St Mary’s Grade II-listed church of St John.
The memorial comprises a three-stepped square base surmounted by a square plinth, tapering shaft and celtic cross of limestone.
A circular wreath outlined in lead, on the south-facing side of the plinth carries the following in lead lettering:
LEST WE FORGET/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THOSE IN THIS PLACE WHO/ DIES FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ THEIR BODIES ARE BURIES IN PEACE/ BUT THEIR NAMES LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE. Below this carries: 1939 – 1945/ (names). The names who fell are recorded on the remaining three sides.
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, 16 December 2016.
Detailed Attributes
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