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Latitude: 51.0429 / 51°2'34"N
Longitude: -0.8904 / 0°53'25"W
OS Eastings: 477885
OS Northings: 127642
OS Grid: SU778276
Mapcode National: GBR CBS.HPQ
Mapcode Global: FRA 960C.BYC
Plus Code: 9C3X24V5+4R
Entry Name: War Memorial
Listing Date: 28 November 2005
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1391427
English Heritage Legacy ID: 494653
ID on this website: 101391427
Location: Liss, East Hampshire, GU33
County: Hampshire
District: East Hampshire
Civil Parish: Liss
Built-Up Area: Liss
Traditional County: Hampshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire
Church of England Parish: Liss St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Portsmouth
Tagged with: War memorial
LISS
1068/0/10042 MILL ROAD
28-NOV-05 War Memorial
II
War memorial. 1921. Designer unknown. Cornish granite.
DESCRIPTION: Squat Cornish granite obelisk, set on a slightly tapering square pedestal with boldly moulded capping. This rests on stepped base, the upper tier of which has a moulded top. The west face of the pedestal has lead lettering which reads: 'To the undying memory of our victorious dead who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918'. Under this are eight names of the fallen. On the north and south faces are a further 43 names. On the east face is the inscription 'Also to commemorate the fallen in the Second World War 1939-1945' with a list of 14 names below. A further 7 names are inscribed on the upper tier of the base with 11 on the tier below.
HISTORY: Unveiled on 6th March 1921 by Major General GD Jeffreys having beeen built at a cost of £162.15s.6d.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: War memorials have very strong historic and cultural significance on both a local and national scale. This particular example, erected in 1921, is a simple but elegant obelisk in a prominent town centre location.
SOURCES: The Hants and Sussex News. Wednesday 9th March and Wednesday 12th April 1921 "Liss War Memorial".
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 6 December 2016.
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