Stewkley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 2016. War memorial.
Stewkley War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- gentle-ledge-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: Cornish granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a tapering obelisk with a pyramidal top, approximately 3.6m high. It stands on a square plinth with sloping shoulders which is set upon a two-stepped base.
Inscriptions and names are carved on the faces of the plinth and all of the lettering is in inset, black-painted lead. The dedication appears on the north face of the plinth: TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ THIS OBELISK IS/ ERECTED/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE/ STEWKLEY MEN/ WHO FELL IN DEFENCE OF/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY./ 1914 - 1918. The names of the 30 fallen from the First World War appear on the other three sides of the plinth, ten per side. They are grouped alphabetically by surname and are identified by rank and initials.
The names of the six fallen from the Second World War are listed on the lower part of the north side of the obelisk, with 1939 - 1945 above. They are also listed alphabetically with rank and initials.
The memorial is set in a small enclosure of granite paving surrounded with a low granite sett border.
Detailed Attributes
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