Croft : WW1, WW2 Cross.

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Reference WMO/201066

Address:

Huncote Road,

(junction with Station Road),

Croft,

Leicester

LE9 3GT

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Other cross
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Two-stepped hexagonal base surmounted by a small tapering square sectioned plinth with year inscription in relief. Rising from the plinth is an unusual double bladed axe-like cross on tallish stout rectangular column with three metal inscription plaques, all with raised lettering, showing dedication and names, attached to front face. The lower plaque is in the form of a wreath. The whole memorial stands within a walled & semi-enclosed paved area with a post & chain frontage to the road junction.
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Upper plaque : (11 WW1 NAMES) //Middle plaque : 1939 - 1945 / (7 WW2 NAMES) / WORLD WAR // Wreath plaque, inner wording : GONE BUT NOT/ FORGOTTEN/ FROM/ THEIR COMRADES/ WHO CAME BACK// Wreath plaque, base wording : SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

Grade II (England)

1177841

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