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Latitude: 52.2546 / 52°15'16"N
Longitude: -0.07 / 0°4'12"W
OS Eastings: 531836
OS Northings: 263577
OS Grid: TL318635
Mapcode National: GBR K54.M3J
Mapcode Global: VHGMB.QLVH
Plus Code: 9C4X7W3H+RX
Entry Name: Elsworth War Memorial
Listing Date: 4 April 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1433344
ID on this website: 101433344
Location: Holy Trinity Church, Elsworth, South Cambridgeshire, CB23
County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
Civil Parish: Elsworth
Built-Up Area: Elsworth
Traditional County: Cambridgeshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire
Church of England Parish: Elsworth Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Ely
Tagged with: Memorial
First World War memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1921, with Second World War additions.
First World War memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1921, with Second World War additions.
MATERIALS: of stone.
PLAN: it is square on plan.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands c 10m to the west of the west tower of the Church of Holy Trinity (listed Grade I). It comprises a three-step base on which stands a tall plinth with recessed panels which tapers in square section to a cornice with ball decoration. Above is a capstone which rises to a small, moulded plinth on which stands a statue of a weeping angel holding a laurel wreath. The west face of the plinth is inscribed 'PRO PATRIA' with the names of the men who died inscribed in the recessed panel below with their rank. The recessed panel on the north face is inscribed 'EUROPEAN WAR / 1914 - 1918 / LEST WE FORGET. / THESE MEN OF OURS, / UNSELFISH, UNAFRAID / WENT TO THE / WORLD-WIDE FIGHT; / FORGET NOT / HOW THEY DIED, / AND HOW WE PRAYED / FOR ENGLAND / AND THE RIGHT' while the panel on the east face is inscribed 'GRANT THEM O LORD / EXTERNAL REST, / AND MAY THE / LIGHT EVERLASTING / SHINE / UPON ' THEM'. On the south face is the inscription 'WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945' with the names of the men who died inscribed below with their rank.
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, 16 January 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. One such memorial was erected in Elsworth in 1921 to honour the 18 men of the parish who died during the conflict. Following the Second World War a second dedicatory inscription was added to commemorate the eight local men who died during this conflict.
Elsworth war memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1921, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons;
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the form of a statue of a weeping angel holding a laurel wreath;
* Group value: with the Church of the Holy Trinity (listed Grade I).
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