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    Memorial

    Congerstone

    Source: Copyright Jane Knight

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    Current Location

    Village Green, junction of Main Street with Barton Road, Main Street, Congerstone, Hinckley And Bosworth, Leicestershire, CV13 6LZ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SK 36821 05451

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    37511
    Description
    Single-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned slightly tapering plinth, square collar & rectangular sectioned tapering shaft with cross. Upper front half of shaft, plus front face of cross are decorated with a Celtic woven design in relief. Lower front half of shaft contains incised inscriptions, continuing onto front face of plinth. Further incised inscriptions on other side faces of plinth.
    Inscription
    6 o'clock shaft face : ERECTED / BY THE / PARISHIONERS / OF / CONGERSTONE / GOPSALL / AND / BILSTONE / IN LOVING / AND GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF / THOSE MEN / WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES / FOR KING / AND COUNTRY / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 6 o'clock plinth face : FROM CONGERSTONE / (4 NAMES) / FROM GOPSALL / (3 NAMES) / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS 9 o'clock plinth face : UNVEILED / BY / THE RIGHT HON'BLE / LORD WARING / DECEMBER 9TH 1922 3 o'clock plinth face : DEDICATED / BY / REV. T.W. WALTERS M.A. / RURAL DEAN / REV. ADRIAN S ROLLASTON / RECTOR 12 o'clock plinth face : 1939 - 1945 / (3 NAMES)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    7
    Died
    7
    Information shown
    surname, forename, village
    Order of names
    Village, surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    3
    Died
    3
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname
    Maintenance History
    MOST SURFACES HAVE SOME BIOLOGICAL GROWTH. EDGES AND CORNERS OF SHAFT AND PEDESTAL CHIPPED IN PLACES. SOME INSCRIPTIONS WORN (2000)

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    09th December 1922

    Sir SAMUEL WARING, BART

    Dedicated

    09th December 1922

    Rev'd. T.W. Walters MA (Rural Dean) and Rev'd. Adrian S. Rollaston (Rector).

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 3290 mm

    Width: 1200 mm

    Depth: 1200 mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1464887

    Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the church’s community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20. Architectural interest: * for its design, a dignified cross with carved interlace details. Group value: * with the Grade–II listed K6 telephone kiosk with which it shares its prominent location on the green at the centre of the village.

    • "Congerstone War Memorial." Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1464887. Accessed 27 August 2024.