South Molton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 2019. War memorial.
South Molton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stark-entrance-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
War memorial cross, 1921.
MATERIALS: the memorial is constructed from roughly-hewn grey granite.
PLAN: it stands in the forecourt to the town cemetery, aligned with the central axis of the burial ground.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial consists of a Celtic cross with a tapering square shaft, standing upon a tapering plinth an octagonal base of three steps. The head of the cross has a relief moulding of an interweaving Celtic pattern.
The main inscription in leaded lettering on north face of the plinth reads: ‘IN GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE / FROM THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS”’. The other faces are inscribed with the 47 names of the fallen soldiers.
A further inscription commemorating those who died in the Second World War is inscribed on a rectangular stone tablet at the foot of the memorial: 1939-1945 / (23 NAMES).
Detailed Attributes
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