Thorney Hill War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1987. War memorial.
Thorney Hill War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- under-nave-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1987
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: Portland stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a short-armed ring cross head with chamfered edges upon a tapering octagonal shaft. The face bears a carved Sword of Sacrifice and the base of the shaft is moulded.
The cross is set upon an octagonal plinth atop a three-stepped octagonal base.
The plinth is cylindrical at the top, where it bears the principal inscription in caps relief carving. Below this, it is of two-stepped octagonal section, bearing names. Around cylindrical part of plinth: REMEMBER THE MEN OF THORNEY HILL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. Around the lower parts of plinth: THEIR NAME / LIVETH FOR / EVERMORE / (eighteen First World War names and nine Second World War names).
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, 6 December 2016.
This List entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 10/05/2017
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