Rowberrow War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 2017. War memorial.
Rowberrow War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sunken-rubble-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rowberrow War Memorial is a war memorial erected around 1920, made of Draycott stone. It is located to the south of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, which is a Grade II* listed building. The memorial features a Latin cross with a bronze long sword attached to its west face. The base of the shaft is spayed and sits on a two-stepped base, which has a two-stepped plinth beneath it. On the upper step of the plinth, which consists of two courses, there is a stone plaque with the inscription: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPT R J R LEACROFT M C, THE OFFICERS AND MEN / OF PRINCE ALBERT’S SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY 1914 – 1918 / ALSO IN 1939 – 1945 LIEUT COMDR A H BROWN / LET THOSE THAT COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT / THE NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN." The entire structure is set on a square platform.
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