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Latitude: 51.0085 / 51°0'30"N
Longitude: -3.3137 / 3°18'49"W
OS Eastings: 307933
OS Northings: 124060
OS Grid: ST079240
Mapcode National: GBR LR.JNBW
Mapcode Global: FRA 36YG.2VK
Plus Code: 9C3R2M5P+CG
Entry Name: Bathealton War Memorial
Listing Date: 2 February 2017
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1442174
ID on this website: 101442174
Location: St Bartholomew's Church, Bathealton, Somerset, TA4
County: Somerset
District: Somerset West and Taunton
Civil Parish: Bathealton
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: War memorial
A First World War memorial, erected circa 1920, altered after the Second World War.
A First World War memorial, erected circa 1920, altered after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: local stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a short Celtic wheel cross, with relief-carved interlacing to the arms of the cross, with a moulded central boss. The shaft has a relief-carved cipher of the initials SH, below which is the carved inscription: TO THE / MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO / FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918 / 1939 – 1945. The shaft sits directly on a tapering square base, inscribed with the names of the casualties of the First World War (4) / OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / AND / followed by the name of the soldier who died in the Second World War. The base stands on a single step, also tapering, which is inscribed: GOD PROVED THEM AND FOUND THEM WORTHY FOR HIMSELF.
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, 23 November 2017.
The memorial was erected after the First World War, as part of the great wave of commemoration of the sacrifice made by the fallen from communities across the country. It was set up in a prominent position in the village churchyard. After the Second World War, the names of the soldier of the parish who died in that conflict was added to the memorial.
Bathealton 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 sombre but elegant memorial, well made and with good inscriptions;
* Group value: with the Grade II-listed Church of St Bartholomew.
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