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A Celtic cross, with an ornately embellished tapering shaft rising from a tapered plinth that stands on a two-stepped base. The carved ornamentation includes interlace patterns, decorated bosses, and vines. A carved wreath to the front of the plinth encircles an incised dedicatory inscription to the men of the parish who were lost during the First World War. Later the names of eight men who lost their lives in the Second World War were added.

Title

War Memorial

Medium

Portland stone

Accession number

DT11_PAL_S022

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Shillingstone Parish Council

Custodian

Shillingstone Parish Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

24th September 1919

Listing date

06/12/16

Access

at all times

Inscription description

foot of shaft: THIS CROSS / WAS ERECTED / BY PUBLIC / SUBSCRIPTION IN / MEMORIAM OF THE / HONOURABLE PLACE / TAKEN BY THIS / PARISH IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914- / 1919 AND SPECIALLY / OF THESE FROM ITS / “ROLL OF HONOUR” / WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES FOR THEIR / COUNTRY.; plinth inside wreath: MESSAGE / FROM H.M. KING GEORGE V / “HIS MAJESTY WAS / GRATIFIED TO LEARN HOW / SPLENDIDLY THE PEOPLE / OF SHILLINGSTONE HAVE / RESPONDED TO THE CALL OF / THE COLOURS: I IMAGINE / THIS MUST BE A RECORD”. / SEPT 2 1914.; plinth below wreath: ROLL OF HONOUR 1914 - 1918 / (Names); plinth under anchor: ADDITIONAL NAMES / (Names) / PRO DEO ET PRO PATRIA / Tablet: 1939 – 1945 / (Names)

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