Savernake

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Reference WMO/169983

Address:

St Katharine's Churchyard

Savernake

Marlborough

SN8 3BG

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Limestone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Latin cross dedicated to those who lost their lives during the First and Second World War. Erected in the 1920s, to commemorate the eight local men who died during the conflict; further two names were added in memory of those men who died in the Second World War. Description: The war memorial has an octagonal base on which are two steps; the lower of which is inscribed in black painted lettering: LEST WE FORGET; the upper with: DECLARATION OF WAR AUG 4 1914/ ARMISTICE NOVEMBER 11 1918/ PEACE SIGNED JUNE 28 1919. It also carries the names of the two men who died during the Second World War and 1939-1945. Above the steps is an octagonal plinth with a moulded base on which is inscribed: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE ABOVE/ MEN OF/ THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR. The names of the fallen are recorded on the faces of the plinth. The shaft is also octagonal and its lower and upper sections have a carved blind arcade of lancets with trefoil heads; the upper one is set within bands of incised strapwork. The upper part of the shaft takes the form of a capital with the inscription IHS to the north and south faces. It is surmounted by a Celtic cross with boss terminals to the arms and to four points of the circle.
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LEST WE FORGET; DECLARATION OF WAR AUG 4 1914/ ARMISTICE NOVEMBER 11 1918/ PEACE SIGNED JUNE 28 1919. // TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE ABOVE/ MEN OF/ THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR.

(WWI) WILLIAM ROBERT GOSLING. MM. 2ND WILTS REGT; THOMAS MARTIN. R.C.A.; WILLIAM PALMER..2ND WILTS REGT; ALLAN FREDERICK SHEPHERD. R.A.M.C.; RENFORD EARLE OSWALD STROUD. 8TH WELSH REGT; HENRY FRANK WHITBREAD. 5TH WILTS REGT; ARTHUR WILLIAM HILLIER. 3RD BERKS REGT; WILLIAM KNIGHT. 5TH WILTS REGT. (WWII) WILLIAM COPE. R.N.; DESMOND CROSBIE TRENCH. R.A.F.

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