Summary
War memorial and associated railings, unveiled in 1926, dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars.
Reasons for Designation
Gaddesby war memorial and its associated railings are 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 sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Group value: for its relationship with the Church of St Luke (listed at Grade I) and Gaddesby Hall (listed at Grade II), with which it forms a group.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Gaddesby as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
Gaddesby war memorial was erected in memory of 7 residents of the village who fell during the First World War (1914-18), and was unveiled in a ceremony in April 1926 by Major-General John Vaughan. The granite memorial was designed and executed by George Collin and Son of Regent Street, Leicester, and was erected at a cost of £101, the funds for which were raised by public subscriptions and fundraising events. The memorial stands within the churchyard of the Church of St Luke (listed at grade I), on land donated by Captain J O Sherrard of nearby Gaddesby Hall (listed at grade II). Following the Second World War (1939-45) a further 7 names of the fallen were added to the memorial. A grant was awarded by the War Memorials Trust in 2008 for the cleaning, re-pointing and re-painting of the memorial.
Details
War memorial and associated railings, unveiled in 1926, designed by George Collin and Son, dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars.
Sources
Websites http://www.leics.gov.uk/warmemorials_gaddesby.htm https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/118987 http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3677 Other
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
The listed building(s) is/are shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.
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