Morcott War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1428221
- Date first listed:
- 05-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Morcott War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1428221
- Date first listed:
- 05-Nov-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Morcott War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Morcott Cemetery, High Street, Morcott, Rutland, LE15 9DN
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Rutland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Morcott
- National Grid Reference:
- SK9257500554
Summary
First World War memorial.
Reasons for Designation
Morcott War Memorial, which stands in the cemetery, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* 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.
History
The concept of commemorating war dead did not develop to any great extent until towards the end of the C19. Prior to then memorials were rare and were mainly dedicated to individual officers, or sometimes regiments. The first large-scale erection of war memorials dedicated to the ordinary soldier followed the Second Boer War of 1899-1902, which was the first major war following reforms to the British Army which led to regiments being recruited from local communities and with volunteer soldiers. However, it was the aftermath of the First World War that was the great age of memorial building, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
The war memorial in Morcott was erected after the First World War to commemorate the lives of the fallen from the village. It was dedicated on 30 November 1919 by the Rev. M. S. Kemmis. To mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the war, the memorial has been cleaned and missing letters from names have been renewed. The name of the one serviceman who died in the Second World War has been added.
Details
First World War memorial.
MATERIALS: marble.
PLAN: the memorial is located in the cemetery which faces the High Street.
EXTERIOR: the memorial is in the form of a Celtic cross embellished with a raised interlaced pattern. The rectangular panelled shaft stands on a two-tiered base surrounded by a kerb with shallow square caps at each corner. On the east face of the memorial the bottom of the shaft is inscribed ‘TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD’, and the higher base is inscribed ‘AND IN/ PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO DIED FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919’. The lower base is inscribed with the names of the fallen. The west side of the lower base is inscribed ‘ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION, NOVEMBER 1919’, and the higher base is inscribed ‘SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945’ with the name of the fallen.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 18 June 2015 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/37772
Leicestershire War Memorials, accessed 18 June 2015 from http://www.leicestershirewarmemorials.co.uk/war/memorials/view/813
Morcott Village Website, accessed 18 June 2015 from https://morcott.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/remembrance-sunday-re-dedication-of-morcotts-war-memorial/
War Memorials Online, accessed 20 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/190510
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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