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Latitude: 51.21 / 51°12'35"N
Longitude: -2.3775 / 2°22'39"W
OS Eastings: 373725
OS Northings: 145708
OS Grid: ST737457
Mapcode National: GBR 0SL.5QC
Mapcode Global: VH97C.QVZ9
Plus Code: 9C3V6J5C+XX
Entry Name: Nunney War Memorial
Listing Date: 20 March 2017
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1443934
ID on this website: 101443934
Location: All Saints' Church, Nunney, Somerset, BA11
County: Somerset
District: Mendip
Civil Parish: Nunney
Built-Up Area: Nunney
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: War memorial
A First World War memorial erected in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
A First World War memorial erected in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
MATERIALS: constructed of granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a rough-hewn Latin cross which sits on a tapering plinth and rectangular base. There are inscriptions in black lettering on each of the four faces of the plinth. The north-west face reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ WHILE SERVING IN H.M.FORCES/ DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-20/ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED/ AND THE BELLS OF THE CHURCH/ WERE RESTORED. On each of the other three faces of the plinth are the names of the men who gave their lives during the First World War. On the south-east elevation is a further stone at the base of the memorial with a receptacle for flowers that is inscribed with the dates: 1939/ -/ 1945 with the names of the men who gave their lives during the Second World War to either side.
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, 21 March 2017.
The war memorial at Nunney was erected on 25 July 1920 to commemorate the men of the parish of Nunney who lost their lives while serving their country in the First World War. A further stone was later added to the base of the memorial detailing the names of the two men from the parish who lost their lives during the Second World War.
Nunney War Memorial, in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Mendip, 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;
* Group value: the war memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, listed at Grade I and is in close proximity to several listed chest tombs as well as the scheduled monument of Nunney Castle.
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