Listed Building: Cotgrave War Memorial (8.10.57)

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Grade II
Authority Historic England
Date assigned 16 January 2020
Date last amended

Description

The memorial stands on raised ground in the churchyard extension of the Grade I listed parish church of All Saints, at the corner of Plumtree Road and Scrimshire Lane. The memorial has a base of three steps surmounted by a square plinth supporting a cross of octagonal section. A bronze sword and wreath are mounted on the front face of the tapering shaft of the cross. Two bronze plaques are mounted on the front face of the square plinth. The inscription on the uppermost plaque in raised lettering reads: TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. The names of 12 parishioners are given followed by the quotation: “BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND / I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE.” An inscription on the south face of the plinth adds the name of Pte Walter Henstock who died in the month preceding the unveiling of the memorial. The lower bronze plaque has an inscription in raised lettering beginning with the dates 1939-1945 followed by the names of four parishioners whose lives were lost, and the words: BE YE ALSO FAITHFUL.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 64381 35252 (4m by 4m)
Map sheet SK63NW
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Cotgrave, Rushcliffe

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Record last edited

Jan 16 2020 10:40AM

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