War Memorial, Irchester

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War Memorial, Irchester

Image: © David Dixon Taken: 4 Sep 2016

Irchester War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1920, stands in a small elevated railed memorial garden off High Street. It is Grade II-listed (List entry Number: 1428261 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1428261 Historic England) The war memorial comprises a 5m tall, square-sectioned, pillar surmounted by a capstone with an out-sailing cornice, on which is raised a domed cap. A small Latin cross rises from the top. A large slate panel to the front face is inscribed OUR GLORIOUS DEAD, with the names of the 76 fallen beneath. ‘FOR EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS’ is inscribed below. On the stage beneath the main pillar a slate panel is inscribed WORLD WAR II. 1939 - 1945 (17 names). A slate panel on the rear of the pillar is inscribed ERECTED/ BY/ PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE IRCHESTER MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919. A sloping stone panel at the base of the front of the monument commemorates nine villagers killed in an air raid on 20 May 1941. The memorial is approached by steps flanked by metre-high limestone walls. Around it is a sloping memorial garden contemporary with the memorial, defined by iron railings; decorative gates give access to the steps. Two modern flagpoles have been erected either side of the memorial at the top of the garden.

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52.28068
Longitude
-0.645383