Memorial

Pickwell

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Current Location

Main St, junction with Somerby Road & Leesthorpe Road,, Pickwell War Memorial, Main Street, Pickwell, Melton, Leicestershire, LE14 2QT, England

SK 78488 11351

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 37487
Description: Three-stepped base surmounted by a rough hewn tapering rectangular sectioned plinth with a tapering rectangular sectioned shaft & wheel cross. Sword in relief on front & rear face of shaft. Incised inscriptions on 6 & 12 o'clock sides of plinth. A four-sided kerbstone with square corner bosses, surrounds the whole memorial.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face : TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918. / (7 NAMES) 12 o'clock face : TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / (1 NAME) / (OF LEESTHORPE HALL) / WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE / SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945

Memorial

Height: 3000 mm

Width: 500 mm

Depth: 500 mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1441836

Plinth

Made from: Granite - Aberdeen

Condition: Good

Base

Made from: Granite - Mountsorrel

Condition: Good