Chilmark War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 2016. War memorial.
Chilmark War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- dim-soffit-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The war memorial stands in a cemetery to the south-east of the churchyard of Chilmark’s Grade II*-listed church of St Margaret of Antioch.
The memorial comprises a four-stepped octagonal base surmounted by an octagonal plinth, octagonal tapering shaft and Latin cross of Chilmark stone. The southern face of the plinth bears the inscription: TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND IN/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO/ FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918.
The remaining seven sides of the plinth carry their names, which include the name of one woman. The top step carries on its southern face: THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE. The opposite, northern face of the same step carries: 1939-1945. The adjacent faces to right and left each carry a name.
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, 25 July 2017.
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