Memorial

Shipham Memorial Cross

Source: Orphan Work 24848

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Current Location

Junction of the Square/Turnpike Road and Hollow Road, Shipham, Sedgemoor, Somerset, BS25 1TW, England

ST44438 57539

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 24848
Description: STONE WHEEL CROSS SURMOUNTS SQUARE-SET STONE COLUMN. COLUMN SURMOUNTS SQUARE STONE PLINTH. PLINTH BEARS STONE TABLETS ON EACH OF FOUR SIDES WHICH BEAR NAMES AND INSCRIPTION. PLINTH STANDS ON TWO-STEPPED STONE BASE. TOP STEP OF BASE BEARS SWW COMMEMORATIVE TABLETS. CROSS IS SURROUNDED BY METAL FENCE. STONE WREATH ON ONE SIDE OF COLUMN.
Inscription: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS THAT A MEN LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS RELETTERED/ BY THE PARISHIONERS OF SHIPHAM /TO COMMEMORATE THE SILVER /JUBILEE OF KING GEORGE V. 6TH MAY 1935/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE SHIPHAM MEN WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-19./ (NAMES)/ ALSO IN 1939-1945. FIVE OTHERS FROM THE PARISH./ THESE WERE HONOURED IN THEIR GENERATION/ (NAMES)

Cross

Height: 3050MM

Width: 1140MM

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good