Great and Little Kimble War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 2016. War memorial.
Great and Little Kimble War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- graven-keystone-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 January 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
War memorial, dated 1920, by C M Oldrid Scott. .
The memorial, set on a paved area, comprises a Latin cross of Doulting stone with fleur-de-lys shaped terminals at the end of each arm, on a hexagonal shaft and plinth which stands upon a two-stepped hexagonal base. The memorial is approximately 2.5 metres high.
Inscribed green Westmoreland stone panels are inset on three sides of the plinth. The front west face lists the eight names of the fallen from the First World War. The north face, to its left, reads: PRAISE GOD/ FOR THESE/ MEN OF KIMBLE/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR/ 1914-1918/ AND: 1939-1945. The south face, to the right of the front panel reads: THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE.
A stone panel which includes the names of the five fallen from the Second World War has been added beneath the front west facing panel, mounted vertically against the base of the plinth.
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, 11 January 2017.
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