Memorial

Blaisdon

Blaisdon Cross Names Panel

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Current Location

Memorial located at the junction between Blaisdon Lane and Velthouse Lane, Velthouse Lane, Blaisdon, Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire, GL17 0AH, England

OS Grid Reference

SO 70216 17031

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 20614
Description: Located in an elevated position at the rear of the roadside and opposite the entrance lodge to Blaisdon Hall, the war memorial comprises a crusaders’ cross with four round holes to the cross head and the carved hilt of a crusader’s sword (the blade is no longer extant), surmounted on a rounded rectangular base, with a two-stepped plinth. All of the inscription is formed of black upper-case lettering. To the front of the war memorial is a stone retaining wall, and to the sides and rear are metal railings.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918./ (7 names)/ "LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND, WE FOR ENGLAND DIED"/ (top step of the plinth) "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ 1939 - 1945/ (5 names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 7
Died: 7
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of names: alphabetical by surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 5
Died: 5
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of names: alphabetical by surname

Conservation

Custodian: Blaisdon Parish Council

Components

Cross

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1452971

For full details of the listing go to - https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1452971?section=official-list-entry

Report a Concern

War Memorials Trust Reference Number: 201229

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