Cockfield War Memorial

The memorial stands in a square enclosure on the village green to the south of Front Street. Built of Kenmay granite, it comprises a Latin cross rising from a moulded collar on top of a tapering, octagonal, shaft. The cross shaft stands on the plinth, square on plan. The plinth’s base stands on two steps, the uppermost of which is in granite with a chamfered riser to the front; the lower step is sandstone.

The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH,/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR US/ IN THE GREAT WAR,/ 1914 – 1918. Below on the base is “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS.” The names of the commemorated men are recorded on the other three sides of the plinth. The dates 1939 1945 are recorded on the front face of the upper step, with the Second World War names in between on the chamfered riser of the step. The inscriptions are in applied metal lettering.

The memorial is enclosed by a low stone wall, higher at each corner and with ornamental posts carrying chains in the central sections. The gate to the enclosure is on the northern side.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 7 February 2017.