A combined WWI / WWII memorial cross in front of St John the Baptist church, High Street, Glastonbury.
A stone Maltese cross with a scrolled and crosshatch design set on a two-stepped base, sited between the cemetery and High Street pavement. Inscribed bronze plaques are on the sides of the plinth and on the base of the front of the shaft.
Enclosed within iron railings, the memorial is surrounded by flower and shrub borders.
"Glastonbury War Memorial, designed by Frederick Bligh Bond, 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 well executed stone cross, with interesting detailing.
A First World War Memorial of 1920, altered by the names of the fallen of the Second World War.
MATERIALS AND PLAN The memorial is built of Doulting stone and is rectangular on plan.
DESCRIPTION The memorial stands approximately 6m high and consists of a Maltese cross on a shaft which sits on a tapering plinth. The cross has at its centre an emblem symbolising the first two letters of the Greek name of Christ, with the letters N I K H in the four arms, for the Greek 'Nike', meaning Victory."
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WW1:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THIS TOWN WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
(names)
"THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE."WW2:
THIS TABLET WAS ADDED
IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD WAR
1939-1945
[names]
THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE Below the 1st WW1 Plaque-
ALSO IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION
OF THOSE WHO RETURNEDNames on memorial (unsorted) -
Alves P S, Ayles S F, Baker F C, Beaton C H, Bicknell A, Blacker S H, Bryant F, Burge E, Burgoyne V, Burleton P, Campbell K D, Card R, Carpenter W H, Carter J, Chamberlain W, Chandler J, Clapp E J, Clayton A G, Clayton J G, Coombs F J, Cotter B C, Cox H A, Counsell S, Crocker A G, Crocker G J, Day W, Difford H A, Dunthorn E R, Dunthorn H, Dyer J, Edmunds W, Emery R C, Fisher R, Foote A, Foote R W, Fouracre H, George C P, Godfrey D P, Goodson H W, M.C., Gould C, M.C., Goulding E, Green E, Green F, Green W J, Hancock E, Harding W M, Hembury F, Hembury G, Jackson S, Jones I B, King E, Latcham E, Linham C, Linham C, Lisk C S, Lisk G, Marsh A J, Marsh C, Martin C F, Masters L G, Masters W M, Maundrell W L, Merrifield H, Moseley R G, Mullins B, Parkes J E, Parker W W, Parsons S M, Parsons W, Peddle W E, Perry A F, Pike A H, Pittard H L, Pople T J, Pople F R, Richards E, Ryall W, Ridout F, Sharp F J, Smith A C, Stagg L J, Stokes R, Sugar A, Tucker H, Wadman H, Walter A, White A J, Williams W F, Williams H W K, Williams E, Wood J, Wootton H. WWII - Adams J M, Brass A E, Chivers E, Chivers J, Collihole P H, Eels H R, Elliot W A, Higgins W H, Linham S I, Marsh S A, Masters S H, Moulton W, Popham H C, Rayner C, Ryall C, Smith C S, Sweet W J, Taylor A H, Thyer P E, Tucker A G, Webb G H.
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