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Whitton

This Portland Stone memorial, set in the closed churchyard of the Church of St Mary and St Botolph, has a sword of sacrifice carved in relief on the east face of the shaft of Latin Cross. It remembers the Fallen of Whitton and Thurleston.

£300.00 was contributed by War Memorials Trust towards the cleaning of the memorial and the re-carving (where necessary) the lettering in 2004.

A further grant of £150.00 was awarded in 2005 towards the cost of re-lettering the memorial – the work included re-painting all the lettering on the three sides of the memorial and the tablet at the front.

The grants, and work of local in organising the conservation project, have stimulated interest in the memorial and a Remembrance Service was held between the two pieces of work in 2004 indicating the interest in the memorial.

In 2007 the war memorial was listed at grade II following an application by War Memorials Trust.

The memorial was designed by H Munro Cautley. At a ceremony on 6th November 1921 Sir John Ganzoni unveiled the cross.

The inscription runs around the pedastal and reads:

To the
Glory of God
and
in memory of
the men of
Whitton-cum
Thurleston
who fell in the 
Great War
1914-1918

and also for the men from this
Parish who fell in the
World War
1939-1945

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM1134
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 4892

Listed building number 495158

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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