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Tugby and Keythorpe War Memorial

A Grade II Listed Building in Tugby, Leicestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.6013 / 52°36'4"N

Longitude: -0.8764 / 0°52'35"W

OS Eastings: 476193

OS Northings: 300985

OS Grid: SK761009

Mapcode National: GBR BQV.TGW

Mapcode Global: WHFKS.HWW4

Plus Code: 9C4XJ42F+GC

Entry Name: Tugby and Keythorpe War Memorial

Listing Date: 17 July 2019

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1464666

ID on this website: 101464666

Location: St Thomas a Becket's Church, Tugby, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE7

County: Leicestershire

District: Harborough

Civil Parish: Tugby and Keythorpe

Built-Up Area: Tugby

Traditional County: Leicestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire

Tagged with: War memorial

Summary


First World War memorial cross, approximately 1920.

Description


First World War memorial cross, approximately 1920.

MATERIALS: constructed from limestone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located at the entrance to St Thomas a Becket Churchyard. It comprises a wheel-head cross on a two-tiered rusticated tapering plinth upon on a single-stepped base. The finely-hewn faces of the plinth bear the incised inscriptions ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING / MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918’, with the names of the eight fallen soldiers on the bottom tier, followed by ‘THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE’.

History


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: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

Details of the erection of the Tugby and Keythorpe War Memorial have not been found, though it is presumed to have been paid for by public subscription, and probably dates from the period immediately following the end of the war. It commemorates the eight local servicemen who fell in the conflict. Historic photographs suggest that the incised inscription was originally infilled, and painted black.

Reasons for Listing


Tugby and Keythorpe War Memorial, erected in around 1920, 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:

* as a simple, well-executed and unaltered stone wheel cross.

Group Value:

* with the Grade II* listed Church of St Thomas a Becket.

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