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Latitude: 51.0486 / 51°2'54"N
Longitude: -2.3505 / 2°21'1"W
OS Eastings: 375524
OS Northings: 127752
OS Grid: ST755277
Mapcode National: GBR 0VL.0LL
Mapcode Global: FRA 56ZB.S4J
Plus Code: 9C3V2JXX+CQ
Entry Name: Cucklington War Memorial
Listing Date: 9 March 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1433288
ID on this website: 101433288
Location: St Lawrence's Church, Cucklington, Somerset, BA9
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
Civil Parish: Cucklington
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Memorial
War memorial, erected c 1920.
War memorial, erected c1920.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a rough-hewn stone Latin cross mounted upon a square plinth which in turn rests on stone base. The front (west) face of the plinth is inscribed: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ CUCKLINGTON MEN WHO DIED/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914-1918.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 15 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 erected in the churchyard of St Lawrence’s Church in Cucklington to commemorate the four men from this community who lost their lives during the conflict.
Cucklington War Memorial, which is situated in the centre of the village, 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 simple, yet expressive memorial in the form of a Latin cross;
* Group value: with the listed buildings which form its setting, namely the church of St Lawrence (Grade II*) and a number of Grade II listed churchyard tombs.
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