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Latitude: 51.0949 / 51°5'41"N
Longitude: -2.5179 / 2°31'4"W
OS Eastings: 363830
OS Northings: 132974
OS Grid: ST638329
Mapcode National: GBR MT.CCX1
Mapcode Global: FRA 56M7.6WS
Plus Code: 9C3V3FVJ+XV
Entry Name: Ansford War Memorial
Listing Date: 7 October 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1430025
ID on this website: 101430025
Location: Ansford, Somerset, BA7
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
Civil Parish: Ansford
Built-Up Area: Castle Cary
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: War memorial Memorial
A village war memorial of c.1920 built of limestone ashlar on a rubble stone base.
A village war memorial of c.1920 built of limestone ashlar on a rubble stone base.
PLAN: the memorial takes the form of an obelisk rising from a panelled base with a stepped plinth and square platform. It is set against a grassed bank to the south of Tucker’s Lane.
DESCRIPTION: the north face has a wreath of bay leaves, bound with a ribbon, in high relief to the upper body of the obelisk. The base is tapered and has a central, recessed panel which bears the inscription in countersunk lead letters which reads ‘THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / IN MEMORY OF THE MEN / OF ANSFORD / WHO DIED IN THE / SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY’. Names of the fallen are recorded on similar, shaped panels on the east and west flanks of the base. The base has four steps, the uppermost of which is of ashlar, with rubble stone steps below. This north face has the inscription ‘1939 - 1945’ and names of the fallen from the Second World War.
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, 14 December 2016.
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. One such memorial was Ansford War Memorial. The monument appears to date from c. 1920 and commemorates the fallen from the First World War. It was altered to include the names of those who died in the Second World War.
Ansford War Memorial, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the simple form of an obelisk;
* Group value: with the church of St Andrew (Grade II*).
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