Filton War Memorial, Filton, South Gloucestershire

Entry Name: Filton War Memorial

Listing Date: 22 June 2015

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1427009

ID on this website: 101427009

Location: St Peter's Church, Filton, South Gloucestershire, BS34

County: South Gloucestershire

Civil Parish: Filton

Built-Up Area: Filton

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Filton

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

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Summary

A First World War memorial with a stone tablet added later to commemorate later conflicts.

Description

A First World War memorial with a stone tablet added later to commemorate later conflicts.

MATERIALS: granite

DESCRIPTION: A roughly-hewn Latin cross tops a tall tapering plinth on a square base. The dedication is depicted in raised lettering applied to the front (south) face of the plinth which reads ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ TO THE GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF’, followed by the names of those who died during the First World War. Below the dedication continues and reads ‘MEN OF FILTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ ERECTED BY THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS’. A granite stone tablet has been placed in front of the memorial that reads ‘IN COMMEMORATION OF THOSE/ WHO LIVED AND WORKED IN FILTON/ AND WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN WORLD WAR TWO/ AND SUBSEQUENT CONFLICTS’.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 11 January 2017.

History

The memorial is within the churchyard of the church of St Peter (Grade II). Originally erected to commemorate the fallen of the First World War, it was later altered to remember those who died during the Second World War and later conflicts. Within the church are two further memorials which commemorate the casualties of war within in the parish of Filton. One commemorates the employees of the nearby aircraft works who lost their lives in both World Wars, and the other remembers the casualties of the September 1940 daylight raid on the Filton Aircraft Factory.

Reasons for Listing

Filton War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a modest, yet elegant, roughly-hewn cross tops the elongated plinth;
* Group value: it forms part of a good group of listed structures including the Church of St Peter (Grade II) and another commemorative structure, a nearby C18 churchyard monument (Grade II).

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