Eastington War Memorial
Churchyard of St Michael and All Angels Church, Millend Lane, Eastington, Gloucestershire, GL10 3SB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1426570
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jun-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Eastington War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of St Michael and All Angels Church, Millend Lane, Eastington, Gloucestershire, GL10 3SB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1426570
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jun-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Eastington War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of St Michael and All Angels Church, Millend Lane, Eastington, Gloucestershire, GL10 3SB
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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
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of St Michael and All Angels Church, Millend Lane, Eastington, Gloucestershire, GL10 3SB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Stroud (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Eastington
- National Grid Reference:
- SO7825505797
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Eastington's war memorial, which stands in the churchyard of the church of St Michael and All Angels, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* 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;
* Design: a well-executed stone cross;
* Group value: with the Grade II*-listed church of St Michael and All Angels.
History
The memorial was unveiled in August 1920 by Brigadier J E Bush CB; the Right Reverend Bishop Foddam led the prayers. The names of servicemen who died during the Second World War were added later. Bronze panels repeating the names were added to the memorial in 1995, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of VE Day.
Details
The memorial stands in the north part of the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels (Grade II*). It takes the form of a wheel-head limestone cross on a tapering, octagonal shaft, mounted on a square, two-tier plinth. The transition from the cross to the shaft is marked by carved foliage.
On the front of the upper plinth is inscribed TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF (NAMES) AND OTHER OFFICERS & MEN CONNECTED WITH/ THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING & COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. The remaining names of those who died appear on the side panels. On the rear is inscribed SACRED ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO FELL IN THE/ 1939-1945 WAR./ (NAMES).
The inscriptions, and the names of all those commemorated, are also recorded on bronze panels fixed horizontally round on the top of the lower plinth.
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, 10 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
Roll of Honour (Gloucestershire, Eastington), accessed 3 March 2015 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Gloucestershire/EastingtonNrStonehouse.html
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/32131
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/200996
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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