Description

SO 8600-8700 MINCHINHAMPTON MARKET SQUARE, Minchinhampton Town

19/275 War Memorial

II

War memorial. 1919 by Sidney Barnsley. Limestone. Octagonal
stepped base to high octagonal pedestal. Octagonal shaft with
Celtic cross. Delicate floral carving to cross. Fine carved
inscription in serif capitals on pedestal, carried round all sides.
'IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR & AS A THANKSGIVING
TO GOD FOR THEIR COMRADES WHOSE LIVES WERE SPARED. THIS CROSS IN
GRATITUDE WAS SET UP BY THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN AD 1919'. The whole
memorial is to a simple, although elegantly proportioned, design
typical of Barnsley's furniture.
(Illustrated in M. Comino, Gimson and the Barnsleys, 1980; D.
Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)

Listing NGR: SO8723800757

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.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26467334

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