2019

SO9723 : Prestbury War Memorial, Gloucestershire

taken 5 years ago, near to Prestbury, Gloucestershire, England

Prestbury War Memorial, Gloucestershire
Prestbury War Memorial, Gloucestershire
Set back from the north side of High Street Prestbury.
Erected c1920, the War Memorial is a lantern cross
on a column on a hexagonal plinth on a four-step base.
War Memorials

Many war memorials appeared in British towns and cities after the South African War of 1899-1902 (known popularly as the Boer War), but most were constructed after the First World War, known to contemporaries as the Great War (1914-19). These were updated after the Second World War (1939-45), usually by adding a plaque with the names of those killed in that conflict. Almost every town and village in Britain has a memorial erected after the Great War, the commonest types taking the form of a cross, an obelisk or a statue of a soldier. Some occupy a prominent public space; others stand in the local cemetery or can be found inside the local church. Memorials usually commemorate the inhabitants of a particular locality, the former pupils of a school, or the members of a military unit or branch of the armed forces. Other memorials, often bronze plaques placed indoors, commemorate the employees of a private company or public institution.


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SO9723, 100 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jaggery   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 17 March, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 20 March, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 9714 2391 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:54.8227N 2:2.5792W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 9714 2390
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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