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Latitude: 51.2791 / 51°16'44"N
Longitude: -2.5158 / 2°30'56"W
OS Eastings: 364117
OS Northings: 153452
OS Grid: ST641534
Mapcode National: GBR JT.ZRVW
Mapcode Global: VH89N.B3VS
Plus Code: 9C3V7FHM+JM
Entry Name: Clapton War Memorial
Listing Date: 3 May 2017
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1445599
ID on this website: 101445599
Location: Clapton, Somerset, BA3
County: Somerset
District: Mendip
Civil Parish: Ston Easton
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: War memorial
A stone war memorial of 1920s date.
A war memorial cross of 1920s date.
MATERIALS: of stone, coarsely dressed to the base and plinth and ashlar to the shaft and cross.
DESCRIPTION: this war memorial cross is on a rectangular base and sloping plinth. The square shaft is surmounted by a plain Latin cross. The front (west) face of the plinth has a copper plaque inscribed: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ KILLED IN ACTION/ (NAMES)/ THESE RETURNED/ (NAMES). Below is another copper plaque, inscribed: 1939 - 1945/ KILLED IN ACTION/ (NAME)/ THESE RETURNED/ (NAMES).
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, 24 November 2017.
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Clapton as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
The war memorial to members of the village who served, and those who fell, in the First World War was erected in the 1920s. It is shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1930. Following the Second World War, those who served and fell in that conflict were also commemorated.
Clapton War Memorial, Somerset, 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 well-crafted cross design in dressed stone.
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