Fosbury and Oxenwood War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 2018. War memorial.
Fosbury and Oxenwood War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- inner-corner-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fosbury and Oxenwood War Memorial is a First World War memorial that includes additions for the Second World War. It is situated to the north of the road connecting Fosbury and Oxenwood, within a grassed area, and is located to the west of the Grade II*-listed Christ Church and the Grade II-listed Buchan House, which was the former vicarage.
Constructed from Cornish granite, the memorial features a Celtic wheel-head cross with a tapering shaft. An interlaced knot work design is carved in relief on the south-west face of the cross-head and part of the shaft. The cross rises from a tapering, four-sided plinth that has a rectangular base. The inscriptions and names are presented in leaded lettering.
The primary inscription is located on the south-west face of the plinth and reads: "THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE LOYAL SONS OF/ FOSBURY AND OXENWOOD/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR KING, COUNTRY AND LIBERTY/ 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'/" followed by 15 names, which include their regiment and date of death.
Additionally, a rectangular granite tablet is positioned against the south-west face of the plinth foot, with a second inscription on its upper surface that reads: "1939-1945/ (NAME)/ ROYAL OAK/ 14TH OCTOBER 1939."
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