Wilby War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 2017. War memorial.
Wilby War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- idle-mullion-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial stands in the south-east corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin (Grade II*). It comprises a c4.5 m tall stone cross with a Latin head on a tapering square-sectioned shaft. That is set on an octagonal plinth standing on a three-stepped octagonal base.
Around the upper part of the plinth is inscribed THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE/ THE MEN OF WILBY WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919. The names of those who died are recorded on the panels of the plinth. On the base of the plinth in small lettering is inscribed GREATER LOVE HATH/ NO MAN THAN THIS THAT/ HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS. The date range 1939–1945, with the names of those who died in that conflict, was added to the rear 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, 20 February 2017.
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