Description

1178/0/10004
14-MAY-02

PURTON

HOOK HILL
Purton War Memorial

II

First World War memorial. Circa 1920. Limestone. Four-stage stepped polygonal base with inscribed square pedestal on top with broached corners, supporting a tall polygonal shaft surmounted by a Latin cross. The pedestal has a wreath carved in relief and the stepped base has a bronze wreath and the names of those killed in the Second World War.
A good example of a First World 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, 16 December 2016.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635652

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