Memorial

Shillingstone - Cross, WW1 and WW2

Mark Newton 23 January 2016

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 23 January 2016

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Current Location

Shillingstone Cross, Corner of Popular Hill and Knapps, Shillingstone, North Dorset, Dorset, DT11 0SW, England

ST 82366 11400

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 26666
Description: ORNATE STONE WHEEL CROSS SET ON TAPERING STONE PLINTH. PLINTH SURMOUNTS TWO-STEPPED STONE BASE. ADDITIONAL STONE AT FRONT WITH WW2 NAMES. ORNATE CELTIC-STYLE CARVING ON HEAD AND SHAFT OF CROSS. RELIEF OF LAUREL WREATH CIRCLES INSCRIPTION ON PLINTH. THE MEMORIAL IS MADE FROM PORTLAND STONE.
Inscription: Shaft of cross: THIS CROSS / WAS ERECTED / BY PUBLIC / SUBSCRIPTION IN / MEMORIAM OF THE / HONOURABLE PLACE / TAKEN BY THIS / PARISH IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 - / 1919 AND SPECIALLY / OF THESE FROM ITS / ROLL OF HONOUR / WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES FOR THEIR / COUNTRY // Plinth: MESSAGE / FROM H.M. KING GEORGE V / "HIS MAJESTY WAS / GRATIFIED TO LEARN HOW / SPLENDIDLY THE PEOPLE / OF SHILLINGSTONE HAVE / RESPONDED TO THE CALL OF / THE COLOURS I IMAGINE / THIS MUST BE A RECORD" / SEPT 28 1914 // WW1 tablet: ROLL OF HONOUR 1914 -1918 / (25 NAMES) // Reverse side of plinth: ADDITIONAL NAMES / (2 NAMES) / PRO DEO ET PRO PATRIA // Additional tablet at front: 1939 -1945 / (8 NAMES)