Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Croft War Memorial Photograph
Region ID | EM | |
Work ID | 17 | |
Manual Reference | LE018TC | |
Type | Cross | |
Title | Croft War Memorial | |
Designer | unknown, *** | |
Date of design | ||
Year of unveiling | ||
Unveiling details | Wednesday 27 July 1921 | |
Road | Huncote Road | |
Precise Location | In a paved enclosure on the S. side of Huncote Road, facing Hill Street | |
A to Z Ref | ||
OS Ref | SK511959 | |
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | II | |
Duty of Care | ||
Commissioned by | ||
Notes | ||
The memorial is located within a semi-circular paved enclosure, the front, roadside edge bounded by 8 short stone posts linked by a chain. The memorial itself is a short-armed cross with a square tapering shaft rising from a base mounted on a moulded hexagonal plinth of 2 steps. The front face of the shaft has 2 inscription plaques above a circular laurel wreath in bronze. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | ||
Condition | Good | |
At risk | Not at risk | |
Inscriptions | - on front face of shaft of cross are 2 metal plaques, one above the other, the uppermost bearing 11 names in alphabetical order with ranks and regiments, the lower bearing the dates 1939 - 1945 on the upper border and WORLD WAR on the lower: this latter plaque bears 7 names ordered as above. - at the foot of the shaft, on an escutcheon within a circular laurel wreath, all in bronze: GONE BUT NOT / FORGOTTEN / FROM / THEIR COMRADES / WHO CAME BACK - on a metal plaque below this wreath: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR - in raised letters on base of cross shaft: 1914 - 1918 | |
Signatures | None | |
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
cross and pedestal | Granite | h. 366 cm (est.) |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character: nothing recordedStructural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
None | The memorial is in good condition, though 2 of the roadside posts in front of the enclosure were broken at time of site visit |
