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    Memorial

    Gretton

    Source: Florence Campion

    1/3

    Current Location

    Memorial is located beside the Winchcombe to Tewksbury Road, just to the east of the Village Hall, Winchcombe Road, Gretton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL54 5YJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 0108630356

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    Type of Memorial
    Composite
    WMR Reference Number
    20707
    Description
    FOUNTAIN ERECTED IN HONOUR OF COLONEL E J W FORESTER OF GRETTON HOUSE. VILLAGE GAINED OWN HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SUPPLY OF WATER AFTER WW1. FOUNTAIN LAY REDUNDANT SO WAS THEN MODIFIED TO BECOME A WAR MEMORIAL TO THE MEN WHO DIED DURING WW1. SQUARE, TAPERED OBELISK ERECTED ON FOUNTAIN CENTRAL PEDESTAL AS MEMORIAL. NAMES CARVED IN SIDES OF OBELISK. CARVED LAUREL WREATH AT TOP OF OBELISK
    Inscription
    (on wall behind): THIS FOUNTAIN WAS / ERECTED IN DEC 1883 / BY / COL. THE HONOURABLE / E.J.W. FORESTER / FOR / THE BENEFIT OF THE / POOR OF GRETTON (on obelisk): 1914 / 1919 / ERECTED TO / THE MEMORY OF / THE MEN / OF THE VILLAGE / WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN / THE GREAT WAR / (7 names). (western face): 1939 - 1945/ (3 names) (on western wall): ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / THE VILLAGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE TWO WARS / 1914 - 1918 / (7 names) / 1939 - 1945 (3 names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    7
    Died
    7
    Information shown
    forename initials, surname
    Order of names
    alphabetical by surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    3
    Died
    3
    Information shown
    forename initials, surname
    Order of names
    alphabetical by surname
    Maker(s)
    • R L Boulton & Sons, Bath Road, Cheltenham, Mason

    Sponsor Type
    public
    Maintenance History
    Repairs carried out by the Parish Council in 1994 at an estimated cost of £4000. The repairs were carried out by Messrs G M Greenall, stone masons from Chipping Camden

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    20th September 1920

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries including Major Dent-Brocklehurst of Sudeley Castle and Captain and Mrs A Muir

    Dedicated

    20th September 1920

    Vicar of Winchcombe, the Rev F M Wickham

    Custodian
    Gretton Parish Council

    Components

    Memorial

    Height: 3920mm


    Made from: Stone - Limestone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1091490

    The full listing can be found at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1091490?section=official-list-entry

    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    103352

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