Memorial

Hilperton

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Current Location

Junction of Church Street and The Knap, Hilperton War Memorial, Church Street, Hilperton, West Wiltshire, Wiltshire, BA14 7RJ, England

OS Grid Reference

ST 87229 59273

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 24278
Description: Two-stepped octagonal base surmounted by an octagonal sectioned plinth, octagonal sectioned capstone, tapering octagonal sectioned shaft and integrated terminal-armed cross. Sword in relief on front face of shaft and cross. Great War incised inscriptions and names on plinth faces. WW2 incised duration years and names on capstone faces. The whole memorial is slightly set back from the pavement with a curved stone wall to the rear and contoured stone seating. Three stone flower troughs with inscriptions are spaced along the seating. The memorial frontage is separated from the pavement by a chain-link boundary supported by two posts and the adjacent walls.
Inscription: 6 o'clock plinth face 1: TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN MEMORY OF THE MEN / OF THIS VILLAGE WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 // Plinth faces 2 and 8: (23 NAMES) // 6 o'clock plinth capstone face 1: 1939 / 1945 // Plinth capstone faces 2, 3, 7 and 8: (8 NAMES) // Flower trough, left: 1914 - 1918 // Flower trough, centre: LEST WE FORGET // Flower trough, right: 1939 - 1945

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 25
Died: 25
Information shown: Rank, forename initials, surname, honours, regiment

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 8
Died: 8
Information shown: Rank, forename initials, surname, regiment or service
Order of names: Listed alphabetically by surname.

History

Maintenance History: 2005: Applied for Grants for War Memorials

Conservation

Custodian: Parish Council

Components

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

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