Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Shrine
- District
- Newark And Sherwood
- Town
- Ossington
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Messrs Smith and Son, builders, undertakers and stonemasons of Millgate (Builder)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 6 March 1920
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 68379
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Current location
Road side
Main Street/ Ossington Road
Ossington
Newark And Sherwood
Nottinghamshire
NG23 6LJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 75710 64715
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Chamfered square plinth with recessed inscribed panels on three sides. Above is a gabled shrine containg a wooden crucifix.
- Inscription
- THANKS BE TO GOD WHO GIVETH US THE VICTORY/ 1914 THE GREAT WAR 1918/ (Names).
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Brown, Evelyn
Brown, George
Brown, John
Corn, John
Denison, W F Evelyn
Drabble, Albert
Drabble, Sam
Drabble, William
Fox, Francis
Fox, Walter
See details for all 31 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: 21
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Shrine
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Clipsham - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Clipsham
- Shrine
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Ossington War Memorial
- WMO ID: 251137
- Condition: Good [last updated on 01-11-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2019: Conservation and refurbishment of memorial carried out with the aid of a £2,350 War Memorials Trust Grant- work was cleaning and lime mortar repointing as well as deepening and sharpening lettering.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Ossington Parish Meeting
- Reference
- War Memorials Trust Bulletin 84, February 2020
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