Westcombe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 2017. War memorial.
Westcombe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- endless-portal-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A private memorial erected as a village cross in 1913, altered in 1916 to become a war memorial and again in 1917 and 1918 to commemorate losses of the First World War.
MATERIALS: stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of an ornate carved cross which stands atop a tall shaft. Below this is an octagonal plinth with relief panels, and a three-stepped base.
INSCRIPTION: the first inscription is carved in the panels of the plinth and reads: TO THE GREATER/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ MEMORY OF/ HENRY/ ERNST/ WESTCOMBE/ AD 1913. Beneath this are the names of parishioners killed in the war. Above this, around the edge of the plinth capping, is a further inscription reading: ALSO OF OUR/ PARISHIONERS/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ FOR GOD, KING/ AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 TO 1919. The final inscription is around the top step of the base, and reads: ALSO TO COMMEMORATE THE/ CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM/ DECEMBER 9TH 1917/ BY GENERAL SIR E ALLENBY.
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