Memorial

Lydeard St Lawrence

Mark Newton 30 October 2015

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 30 October 2015

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Current Location

St Lawrence's Churchyard, Main Street, Lydeard St Lawrence, Taunton Deane, Somerset, TA4 3SF, England

ST 12837 32148

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 25013
Description: Foundation stone supporting a single-stepped rectangular base surmounted by a tapering rectangular sectioned plinth followed by a tapering rectangular sectioned shaft and an integrated boxed cross. Pinned-lead lettering and numerals form the inscriptions and names on smoothened areas of plinth and step faces.
Inscription: 6 o'clock plinth face: IN MEMORY OF THE FIVE / PARISHIONERS WHO FELL, / AND IN HONOUR, / OF THE 78 WHO FROM THIS / PARISH SERVED IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919. // 6 o'clock step face: ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF / LYDEARD S. LAWRENCE. 1919. // 3 o'clock plinth face; (5 NAMES) // 9 o'clock plinth face: SERVED IN / THE GREAT WAR / 78. // 12 o'clock plinth face; IN MEMORY OF THE THREE / PARISHIONERS WHO FELL / AND IN HONOUR OF THE / FIFTY THREE WHO FROM / THIS PARISH SERVED IN THE / WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 / (3 NAMES) //

Cross

Height: 2700mm

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1442673

Listed, February 20th. 2017

Lettering