South Cerney War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1424119
- Date first listed:
- 12-Feb-2015
- List Entry Name:
- South Cerney War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1424119
- Date first listed:
- 12-Feb-2015
- List Entry Name:
- South Cerney War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Junction of High Street and Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Gloucestershire, GL7 5UP
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- South Cerney
- National Grid Reference:
- SU0475996941
Summary
First World War memorial. 1919, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
South Cerney War Memorial, which is situated at the junction of High Street and Broadway Lane, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.
History
The war memorial was erected by parishioners in 1919 in remembrance of men lost in the First World War. The names of men who died in the Second World War were added at a later date. The memorial was repaired following vandalism in 2005, and moved slightly when improvements to the road junction were made in Spring 2014. It was re-dedicated on 4 August 2014.
Details
The memorial comprises a wheel-head cross of Cotswold stone on a moulded shaft rising from a rectangular plinth with bevelled corners. The plinth stands on an octagonal three-stepped base. The memorial stands in a small gravelled circle surrounded by a grassed area. Four stone flower holders are placed on the corners of the lowest step.
The names, and the following inscriptions, are carved into the plinth:
THIS CROSS/ WAS ERECTED BY/ THEIR FELLOW PARISHIONERS/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SOUTH CERNEY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919
SONS OF THIS PLACE/ LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE/ ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST/ ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 25 July 2017.
Sources
Websites
Minutes of South Cerney Parish Council meeting 13 August 2014, accessed 11 December 2014 from http://www.southcerney.org.uk/indexb.htm
The Lost Ancestors Project, accessed 11 December 2014 from http://www.lostancestors.eu/memwar/C/CerneySouth.htm
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/232155
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/72448
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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