Hucclecote Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Gloucester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 2015. Memorial.
Hucclecote Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- ruined-chapel-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gloucester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 2015
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Set back from the road on a raised, gravelled, area, the memorial is comprised of a rough-hewn granite cross on a large plinth raised on a two-stepped base. The recessed sides of the plinth are inscribed with the inscriptions and names. The front face contains the inscription THIS CROSS IS ERECTED/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO FROM THIS PARISH/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918
A sloping stone tablet placed in front of the lowest step, added following the Second World War, carries the inscription ALSO TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE FOLLOWING WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ AND THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THIS PARISH THROUGH ENEMY ACTION (NAMES)
Posts carrying a chain in front of the memorial enclose the raised area in which it stands.
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, 10 January 2017.
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