Nympsfield War Memorial

A war memorial, in the form of a timber cross dating from circa 1918, with an earlier lead figure of the crucified Christ brought from the battlefield on the Somme. Further names added in 1996.

MATERIALS: a metal figure of Christ on a timber cross set in a limestone base.

PLAN: the base is polygonal.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a calvary, with a metal, possibly lead, figure of the crucified Christ, recovered from the battlefield at Beugny on the Somme, affixed to a coped timber cross. The cross is set into a polygonal stone base, into three faces of which are set stone panels with carved lettering. The central panel is inscribed: THIS CRUCIFIX SHOT / & BROKEN WAS FOUND / ON THE BATTLE FIELD / OF BEUGNY ON THE / SOMME 1917 / THE MEN & WOMEN OF / NYMPHSFIELD HAVE / SET IT UP IN THEIR / MIDST TO REMIND / THEM OF GOD’S MERCIES / DURING THE GREAT WAR /& TO BEG HIS BLESSING / ON THE LIVING AND / THE DEAD. / HE WAS WOUNDED FOR / OUR TRANSGRESSIONS / HE WAS BRUISED FOR / OUR INIQUITIES / ISAIAS LIM 5 [sic]. The names of the Fallen from the First World War, numbering nine, and the two soldiers who lost their lives in the Second World War, are inscribed on the flanking panels. Two of the panels have been renewed.

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.