Moreton Pinkney War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 2017. War memorial.
Moreton Pinkney War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silent-wattle-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial erected in 1920 and unveiled by Sir Arthur Dryden.
DESCRIPTION: Moreton Pinkney War Memorial is located within the churchyard of the Church of St Mary (Grade II* listed) in close proximity to several Grade II listed headstones.
It consists of a stone Latin cross in the Celtic style with carved knot work detail on the front (east) face. The shaft rises from a tapering square plinth, surmounting a two stepped base on a narrow, square block.
INSCRIPTION: the dedication is incised into the front (east) of the plinth and reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN THANKFULNESS TO HIM/ FOR THE WONDERFUL VICTORY/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ AND THE RIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/ BY THE PARISHONERS OF/ MORETON PINKNEY.
The rear (west) face is incised with four names.
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