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Title
War Memorial
Date
1921
Medium
limestone
Measurements
H 440 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
GL7_JC_S113
Acquisition method
purchased by Sir Frederick Cripps, and other public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Ampney Crucis Parish Council
Custodian
Ampney Crucis Parish Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
11/09/12
Access
at all times
Inscription description
the east face of the plinth carries the carved inscription: THIS· CROSS· WAS· ERECTED / BY· THE· INHABITANTS· OF· / AMPNEY· CRUCIS / IN· MEMORY· OF· THE· MEN / WHO· FELL / IN· THE· GREAT· WAR / 1914-1918 / WHOSE· NAMES / ARE· INSCRIBED· HEREON / AND· IN· THANKFULNESS· FOR / THE· SAFE· RETURN / OF· MANY· OTHERS· WHO· WENT / FROM· THIS· VILLAGE; the north and south faces of the plinth are inscribed with the ranks, names and regiments of the fallen: twenty in total; the west face is inscribed with a cross and below: THEIR NAME / LIVETH / FOR / EVERMORE / ECCLESIASTICUS· 44· 14; the east face of the upper step carries the carved inscription: THE WORLD WAR / 1939-1945; the faces of the step below carries the ranks, names regiments and services of the fallen, four in total; on the north side of the lowest step is an applied stone plaque, inscribed: RENOVATION CARRIED OUT BY / THE SCHRODER FAMILY / NOVEMBER 2008
Aston Road, Ampney Crucis
GL7 5RY
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