Didmarton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 2015. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Didmarton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- steep-kitchen-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 2015
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A war memorial, dating from circa 1921, architect unknown.
MATERIALS: local limestone.
PLAN: the memorial’s base is circa 0.5m square.
DESCRIPTION: the structure takes the form of a cross circa 1.5m high, formed of an octagonal shaft extending into a cross of octagonal section, with flat terminals to the arms. The shaft is set directly into the slightly tapering, chamfered base with a moulded plinth. The south face of the base is inscribed: IN PROUD AND / GRATEFUL MEM / -ORY OF THOSE / FROM THIS PAR- / ISH WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918. On the east and west faces are the names of the Fallen, eight in total. The south side of the base carries the carved inscription: 1939 – 1945, followed by the names of the three men of the village who fell during the Second World War. The carved lettering on all faces is picked out in black paint, now faded. The base stands upon modern paving.
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, 10 January 2017.
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