Gawcott War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 2017. War memorial.

Gawcott War Memorial

WRENN ID
carved-lantern-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 2017
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, 1922, with later additions for the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION: Gawcott War Memorial is located within the churchyard to the north of the Grade II*-listed Church of Holy Trinity.

The memorial is of rough-hewn stone and takes the form of a wheel-head cross on a tapering shaft rising from a tapering, square plinth on a single-step base. The principal inscription is on the west face of the plinth to an inset, smooth stone panel. All lettering is in lead.

The principal inscription reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ 1914 – 1919/ (18 NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS.

A further inscription commemorating the Second World War is located on an inset panel to the east face of the plinth AND/ IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE/ 1939 – 1945/ (2 NAMES).

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