Memorial

Lower Chedworth

Source: Copyright Peter Seymour

1/12

Current Location

Roadside outside the Old Chapel burial ground, The Chapel House, Pancake Hill, Lower Chedworth, Cotswold, Gloucestershire, GL54 4AP, England

SP 06921 11132

Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.

This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.

To share information or photographs, contact us.

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 20677
Description: Two-stepped base surmounted by tapering plinth and wheel cross. All rough-hewn except two sides of plinth inscribed with the names of the fallen. Inscription incised on cross and plinth in black lettering. Inscription also on metal plaque attached to front of plinth. Plaque has inscription and simple border in relief in grey and a black background.
Inscription: Cross: THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918 Plinth Face 1 (plaque): THIS WAR MEMORIAL WAS/ ORIGINALLY DEDICATED IN/ JULY 1920 AT THE FORMER/ CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL./ IT WAS REDEDICATED HERE IN/ JULY 1996, AND ALSO SERVES/ AS A COMMEMORATION OF/ THE CHAPEL COMMUNITY, ITS/ CHAPEL, AND THE OLD MANSE. Plinth Face 2 and 4: (Names)

Maintenance History: 1995: Planning permission to move the memorial was applied for as the memorial was currently located in the garden of a private house

Cross

Height: 1850 mm

Width: 970 mm

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Plinth

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Base

Made from: Granite